Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:42:33 -0800 From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org> Message-ID: <20010312164233.C8514@gimp.org> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE on my Sun Blade 100
* boucli27@altavista.net <boucli27@altavista.net> [010312 14:50]:
> Yes, this one uses unsuported hardware so you have some problem.
Well, most of the hardware is supported... just as part of a different
platform. :)
> They let me play with theses babies ( as well as with their bigger
> sisters the SunBlade 1000 ), and told me that some people at Sun's
> were working unofficially to help porting Linux on theses computers.
Actually, nobody that I know of as Sun is working on these machines.
Dave Miller has a loaner Sun Blade 1000 that he's close to having
working. Sun just recently loaned me an AX1105-500 (very similar to the
SB100) and Peter Jones at Red Hat bought an SB100, so the two of us are
the ones looking at it. Sun has contributed in the form of hardware,
but they're definitely not doing any of the programming work. :)
> The fact is that in a lot of countries, such as France, the Ultra 5 is
> not affordable and most of the computers that are on sold at eBay are
> only for the US/Canadian market, thus some Linux Friendly people at
> Sun Microsystems are aware that the SunBlade 100 is going to be a big
> hit and that it __HAS__ to run Linux.
My opinion as well... I've known about this machine for quite a while
now and been trying to get my hands on one pre-release... they decided
to wait until after the release for some reason. :(
> As a conclusion, Linux should run on the SunBlade 100 and its
> derivative ( both Workstation and Netra ) in a very near future.
The SB100, AX1105-500 and Netra X1 are all fairly similar... once we get
one working, the other two will be close as well. Don't worry, we'll
let the list(s) know when we've gotten somewhere with it. :)
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