Re: Debian on Indigo
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 06:23:12PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-06 17:03:24 +0200, gulgulan <gulgulan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm thinking about starting a web and e-mail server using an Indigo
> > box (not Indy, not Indigo 2. Indigo with a R4000). Before reinstall
> > IRIX in it, I wanted to try to install Debian.
> >
> > After reading a few messages, I've find phrases like "Stop thinking
> > about using Linux on it." or "None of the Indigos are supported :-(".
> > The mails are dated in 2002 and 2003.
> >
> > Is it true nowadays? Is it better to forget it?
>
> That's basically still true. However, things vary. At some time,
> everybody was sure the Indigo (be it R3k or R4k) is a totally different
> machine compared to Indigo2 or Indy, but there are rumors that the box
> isn't all /that/ different as initially expected. Though, there hasn't
> been done any work towards making it work.
As far as I know, NetBSD does support the Indigo (both R3k or R4k)
Regards,
Florian
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