Hello, On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Amit Mehra wrote:
> Thank you very much for your reply. I am new to Sun and systems and hence Sun *and* systems? You're new to computers? > these questions. In order to start my work on this I need to first find out > the Sun system configuration I am using. What I know is its a Sun Ultra10 (4 > PCI, SPARC-IIi 300MHz and 256 RAM). Which I found after looking at the system > and then while scanning the messages file. Right. > - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this work > on this ULTRA10 machine? Your Ultra10 *is* a Sparc machine. In fact, it's an UltraSparc machine (64 bits). So Debian *will* work on it. > - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView (for > GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is > Debian a good choice? Wrong question. The good one is: will you be able to rewrite or work around everything that doesn't exist yet under Linux for Sparc? For example, I don't know if Informix or DataView have been ported to this architecture/OS combination. If not, will you be able to work around them? Debian or another Linux distro, that's not important. > - The application(Switch Surveillance system used for Telecom Network > Management) has major control through the GUI features, so will Debian be the > right disrto to use? Why couldn't it be? Debian is a good choice if you're smart enough to port your software. Aurora or any other Linux distribution will lead to the same questions and answers. > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where can I > find them? A good C or C++ compiler, a good debugger, a good documentation of your product, and a lot of cleverness. That's all you need. -- Erwann ABALEA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5 ----- « Voyons-voir : est-ce que ma question est vraiment conne ? Oh oui, vraiment trop conne, je vais poster dans "premiers-pas", je posterai dans "configuration" quand je serai moins con. » -+-JLC - Guide du Neuneu d'Usenet - Bien configurer sa question -+-
