Mon, 25 May 2009 11:29:27 +0200 Joël BERTRAND wrote,
"Etch worked fine."
Whereas http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch02s01.html.en#sparc-cpus
states
"sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m
...
The last Debian release to support sparc32 was Etch, but even then only
for sun4m systems. Support for the other 32-bits subarchitectures had
already been discontinued after earlier releases."
The Web page is wrong?
Mon, 25 May 2009 11:29:27 +0200 Joël BERTRAND wrote,
" ... good results with lenny and 2.6 kernel (only UP and sparcv8 [SS20] ..."
Would UP be Ultra Panther or Ultra Plus? Not that I
have either; just for interest.
" ... sun4[cdm] stations, you have to use NetBSD 4.0.1 (or 5.0 in UP)."
In http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/
sun4c is listed as supported. Absence of reference
to a release should mean that 5.0 works.
Mon, 25 May 2009 16:31:12 +0100 Martin wrote,
" ... and remember having an insecure box on the net doesn't just affect
you; it potentially affects everyone."
You've convinced me. I'll learn to install NetBSD.
Thanks, ... p. crawford
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