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Re: debian on sparc



* Kevin Coyner <kevin@rustybear.com> [20-09-2002 13:48]:
> I recently received an old Sun SparcStation 20 that I'd like to load up
> with Debian.  I've been running Debian Woody on my i386 and went looking
> for Woody for the Sparc, but am only finding Potato.  Am I just looking
> in the wrong places, or is Debian for a Sparc a version behind the
> i386's.

bob@robian-sparc:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 
3.0

bob@robian-sparc:~$ uname -r
2.4.19-ss4

robian-sparc is a Sparcstation 4

Kernel 2.2.20 does not mean it's not Woody. I installed Woody and
then compiled my own kernel since a 2.4 image does not seem to be
available from official Debian sources.

Bob




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