Re: [suse-sparc] sparc 5/170

From: Tom 'spot' Callaway (tcallawa_at_redhat.com)
Date: Sat Feb 28 2004 - 16:01:02 CET


From: "Tom 'spot' Callaway" <tcallawa@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1077980461.2288.16.camel@zorak>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:01:02 -0600
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] sparc 5/170

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 09:15 +0100, Gert Lettner wrote:

> aurora linux didn`t work for me at all. i got a very large error message on the end of
> the installation process (something in a script is wrong). i will check if my cdr
> is damaged (iso is ok, checked md5).

You've got a Sparcstation 5/170. This machine is NOT properly supported
by the Linux kernel.

Sometimes 2.4/2.2 will boot on the 170, but it is NOT stable.

Its not an Aurora-specific bug, or a debian-specific bug, for that
matter.

~spot

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