Re: [suse-sparc] sunblade

From: Joshua Uziel (uzi@uzix.org)
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 15:05:08 PDT

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:05:08 -0700
From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org>
Message-ID: <20010516150508.E15111@uzix.org>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] sunblade

* Markus Wernig <mwernig@datacomm.ch> [010516 06:26]:
> does anyone know how suse sparc linux will behave on ultrasparc III
> processors? any stories of successful installations?

The only way to run SuSE on a Sun Blade 100 or 1000 right now is to:

A) Install SuSE on another machine, build a 2.4.4+ kernel from VGER CVS
and move the disk.
B) Netboot and nfsroot mount the machine, then use that and "rpm --root"
to install SuSE on the machine.

> and: how about the sunPCI card in the sunblades.
> is there any chance to use them under linux?

No.

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