Re: Linux on a SparcServer 4/490?

Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr@baby-dragons.com)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:40:05 -0700 (PDT)

Hello Jussi, Might just try a RH6.0 boot CD & see .
iirc they arre supported with the caveat that the vme
bus is not supported (yet ?) . Another way to try it
would be to net boot(tftp) the 4/490 from another system
a linux-x86 for example . www.redhat.com has much info
on this process . Hth, JimL

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Jussi Hamalainen wrote:
> Hello!
> I recently obtained a Sun SparcServer 4/490. I suspect Linux won't
> boot on this monster? Will it ever?

> Btw, is there any other OS except for Solaris that will run on this
> _heavy_ duty hardware?-)
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