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Forum: Geek Forum Topic: At the end of my rope with *nix started by: L33T_h4x0r_d00d Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on Jan. 28 2001,16:27
I am not an avid *nix user, so when I had the chance to buy a really cheap sun I didnt even hesitate. The solaris that was on the machine was shot and so I ordered the cds from SUN. In the mean time I figured Id put redhat on it just to dick around. I figured redhat on sparc would run similar to redhat on intel. I got the sparc iso and started the installation. Everything installed the same but nothing worked right. No ethernet, no raid, fucked up video, poor mouse keyboard response. I fixed the video and the mouse/keyboard problem. But the raid and the ethernet still dont like me. My solaris cds still arent here and Im just pissed.Any ideas? Posted by Spydir Web on Jan. 28 2001,20:00
haven't you asked that before? A few months ago? Just curious...Anyways, the problem with linux on sparcs is software porting. Totally different chip from linux's native chip, x86. A lot of drivers for things haven't been made/work right, and a lot of stuff just isn't being ported (yet). I remember hearing somewhere about a distro that was made for sparcs, might wanna check freshmeat.net for it. ------------------ |