Why wouldn't they? Don't all CPUs labeled as "SPARC" have to meet the SPARC specifications?
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, David Johnson wrote: > Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:14:45 +0100 > From: David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What is best kernel/disto combination for SS20 SMP? > Resent-Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:14:55 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > On Monday 05 Jul 2004 16:12, Gary Parker wrote: > > Hi all, I've been successfully running a stock Woody install on an SS5 > > 70MHz/128MB for a year or so now as my home firewall/router/mail server but > > felt I'd outgrown it's limited processing power (wanting to do more with > > it) and recently treated myself to a SPARCstation 20 with 2x150Mhz Ross > > CPUs and 256MB RAM as an upgrade from eBay. > > > So, what would people consider to be the best balance of up-to-date, yet > > stable, kernel and distribution for this machine? > > > > As far as I'm aware, no kernel is stable with even a single 150MHz Ross CPU, > let alone two of them. > > It shouldn't make any difference which distro you choose, it's the kernel > which is the problem. Compile the latest 2.4 from kernel.org and see if > that's any better. > > But as I say, I don't think these CPUs play nicely with Linux at all, unless > someone knows different? > > David. > > -- > David Johnson > http://www.david-web.co.uk/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
