[SPARCbook] Linux and SPARCBook

[Ken Hansen]

Linux on SPARC is great, Linux on SPARCBook is not great ;^(

The issues revolve around a lack of drivers for the unique power/temp
regulators built in to the sparcbook. The Framebuffer also presents a
challenge as well. The Sun CD-ROM FAQ should be able to help
you find a bootable CD-ROM drive for your SPARCBook (any
Sun bootable drive can be used, the FAQ tells you what to look for).

If you look at Hugo's FAQ (linked to off of sunhelp.org) there are
some other "free" OSs that support the sparcbook better than Linux.

I decided to go with Solaris 2.6 on mine - it is a nice, stable environment,
offers CDE and other nicities, and Tadpole has made lots of software tools
available (command line software, not GUI like their NCE package).

I may migrate to Solaris 7 at the end of the year (the estimated time frame
Tadpole will free up their Solaris 7 tools for the SPARCBook), but for now
Solaris 2.6 is running great...

Sorry,

Ken
n2vip at bellatlantic.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <Oscar.G.Farah at ccmail.census.gov>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: [SPARCbook] Linux and SPARCBook


>
>
> BY THE WAY:  DOES ANY ONE HAVE A SPARE AC ADAPTER (12 Vdc  @ 4.6 a.) THAT
HE/SHE
> WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF AT A LOW PRICE? - please respond directly to
> ofarah at netzero.net.
>
> I just acquired a SPARCbook 3XP with no hard disk or operating system. I
have
> ordered a 1.2 GB hard disk for it which has no operating system on it. I
have
> downloaded the SPARC version of Linux 6.2 and wrote it on a CD-ROM.  I do
have a
> SCSI CD-ROM drive so I should be able to acces the disk with no operating
system
> (??).  I do not know if the CD-ROM will boot (??).  Has anyone installed
the
> SPARC version on Linux on a SPARCBook? What problems/difficulties would I
> encounter if I try to install Linux?
>
> Oscar
>
>
>
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