Re: Sun Sparc-Station 5 and Debian

[Anders Hammarquist <iko@netg.se>]

>> First off, do you know what graphics card it is (probably a cg6 or a TCX)?
>
>I thought other than the onboard-SS4 8bit TCX, all TCXs did 24 bit?

I think so too, but he didn't say it was 8bit, only 2D accelerated which
the TCX is.

>> while ago I used SunOS). One thing to watch for on installing Linux though
>> is that it doesn't (really, it boots now though) support the TurboSparc
>> processor that's found in some sparcstation 4 and 5's (it's the 170 MHz
>> variant. If you have a 70, 85 or 110 MHz machine you're fine).
>
>Wait another day or so;-)

Nice! Now if I only had one to try it on ;-)

Regards,
/Anders

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