RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 06:30 -0700, Peter Crawford wrote:
> At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:14:00 +0200
> joel.bertrand@systella.fr wrote,
> > Etch for both. SS2 cannot run with Sarge.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > I know, but as sun4, sun4c and sun4m support have been dropped, you
> > have to install another OS or drop your SS2 :-(
>
> OK thanks. Will try to put Etch on the external
> drive and keep NetBSD in mind. What is likely
> to fail if Etch is left on the SS2 for years?
>
The first problem you are likely to have is that you won't recieve
security updates. If you're willing to backport / monitor fixes, accept
that it is insecure* or lock down the machine to a state that there
aren't many viable attack vectors then this *may* not be a problem.
Apart from that nothing should 'fail' as such; but you will find that it
gets progressively harder to build / install up to date software as more
and more of the dependancies have to be built as the system ones are not
available or not up to date.
If you're OK with this then there is no reason that you can't keep using
the system until the hardware finally gives up the ghost. Make sure
it's cooled adequately and power cycled as infrequenty as possible and
you should be able to run it for years to come.
Cheers,
- Martin
*. and remember having an insecure box on the net doesn't just affect
you; it potentially affects everyone.
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