[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that Solaris8 won't runn

[wa2egp at att.net]

     I don't want to sound grumpy but the IPC is still 
in use in some companies.  My wife works for AT&T and 
when hers went on the fritz recently, they hustled to 
get a new one on her desk.  Yep, she also has a Wintel 
box but the IPC is a necessity.    
> 
> >>Those are Sun4c machines as well.  The LX, classic, SS4/5/10/20 are some
> of
> >>the Sun4m machines.  I've got 4 SS2s sitting on my floor, and only 1 of
> them
> >>has a dead NVRAM, and it's not that hard to fix.
> 
> I stand corrected.  I'm just not sure if fixing the IPCs is worth it due to
> the limited use of those systems.  As for the SS2 I have it has a NVRAM
> which may or may not be close to dying.  That one I will replace as well as
> any that fail in the two IPX boxes I have.
> 
> >>As for my preferred OS, I'm very familiar with Linux and Solaris, but not
> at
> >>all with the BSDs.  I've got OpenBSD on a machine, but it's UGLY as SIN
> for
> >>console work, and my number pad doesn't work, so I'm not exactly thrilled.
> >>It does install, which is more than I can say for Linux right now, so I'll
> >>have to wait and see what I can make work.
> 
> I'm currently using NetBSD on all but the SS2.  I have OpenBSD/Sparc but I
> seem to be having trouble getting it to load on the IPX/IPC systems.  The
> floppies just don't want to boot and making a bootable CD-Rom for Sparc with
> my Windows system just doesn't seem possible from anything I've looked at.
> I tried it with NetBSD via several forms.  (Hmm... somthing to be said now
> for moving my ATAPI burner to my Linux box.)
> 
> Anybody got a good FAQ/info to point me to on making "bootable" Sparc CDs?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mike Hebel
> 
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