MonMotha wrote: > > I have an old SparcStation IPX that I've upgraded a bit (52MB of RAM, > cost me $5; 2.1GB HDD, free). I need some suggestions as to what flavor > of UNIX to run on it. Linux seems a bit sluggish on it (it came to me > with RH 5.2 on it, not to mention RPM hell...), and NetBSD seems to have > trouble CREATING the Sun disklabel on the new 2.1GB HDD (has an > x86/MSDOS partition from the comp the disk came out of, obviously this > can be blown away). > > I'm thinking of Solaris/SunOS (older versions obviously) if someone has > a copy (obviously there's a liscense for this box somewhere as all Sun > machiens from that era shipped with SunOS) though I have no experience > with it really. > > Anyway, I'm just playing around with it. A usable X server would be > nice too. It only has a CGSix in it, but I have a fairly decent Sun > branded monitor (not using a PC monitor on it) to I could at least use > it as an X terminal. Unfortunately the cg6 is only 8bit? > > --MonMotha > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau #####################3333
Hi Mon, You might try Solaris 8 ( It is given away free.) or what about FreeBSD I have got that to run on all kinds of boxes. I use FreeBSD 4.5 which is stable. -- Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
