On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:33:59PM +0200, Marcel Hicking wrote: > Hi > > I have a SPARCstation-5 170 Mhz with 256MB of memory > and I would like to run Debian on it. This is > going to be a dedicated nameserver-only machine. > (bind9 with a fairly large number of zones) > > Are there any known issues I'd better check > before finally deciding to kick the currently > running NetBSD? > > Could anyone comment on stablenes of such a system?
Use potato, and you wont have any problems. I have a SPARC LX (sun4m, just like the SS5), and it has gotten 380 and 140 day uptimes consecurtively (only a power failure interrupted the two uptimes). It serves as an http/https/ftp server for an internet site. Also runs php web applications. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
