general questions...

From: Jason Byrne (jbyrne@thegrid.net)
Date: Sun Sep 10 2000 - 23:03:09 PDT

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From: Jason Byrne <jbyrne@thegrid.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009102301110.7875-100000@jason.jdog.org>
Subject: general questions...

    hi...

    I have a Sun Sparc 10 with dual processors, 64mb, internal 1g scsi
    drive, etc... currently running *another* sparc Linux distribution - and
    I'm thrilled to see the SuSE port for sparc hardware - since I run SuSE on
    all of my x86 machines by choice.

    just wondering if anyone can answer some general questions - since the
    FAQ list was empty the last time I checked.

    Is there an SMP kernel in the current iso images?

    Will there be an *official* announcement of the SuSE sparc
    distribution... and will it be available in a boxed form?

    Does anyone know of a specific list of mirrors with the sparc
    distribution? I've stumbled across a couple... but I'm generally looking
    at ~ 2 hr downloads for each iso image - even on a fast connection at a
    university.

    I'm humoring a modem download right now for the first iso image (~ 25
    hours) - but I'm sure my ISP will drop my connection before it's done.

    Are there any sites set up for FTP installs and/or floppy images to
    start the install? I've previously done FTP or NFS installs after booting
    from floppy since I don't have an external CD-rom drive for my Sun
    machine. Also... this would give me a better chance for *incremental* downloads
    - especially since I always do a minimal install to start.

    many thanks for any kind replies ;-)

    - Jason

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