Re: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

[BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertrand@systella.fr>]

Peter Crawford a écrit :
> At Mon, 25 May 2009 11:29:27 +0200
> joel.bertrand@systella.fr wrote,
>
> > Etch worked fine. Sarge doesn't work due to some bugs in kernel and
> > libc. 
>
>
> Is that for SS2 or SS20 or both?  I have a SS2.

	Etch for both. SS2 cannot run with Sarge.

> > For an old SS2 (I have one), or all sun4[cdm] stations, you have to use
> > NetBSD 4.0.1 (or 5.0 in UP).  ...
>
>
> Well I prefer to stick with Debian if possible.  Another 
> system would absorb more precious hours.  One reason 
> for choosing Debian originally was the claim to universality.

	I know, but as sun4, sun4c and sun4m support have been dropped, you 
have to install another OS or drop your SS2 :-(

	JKB