Ken Hansen
2000-07-12 00:11:45 UTC
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Hello,
My question, simply, is since Sun have decided to no longer support Sun4c
architecture for Solaris 8, what would folks suggest running on these machines?
I never thought Solaris 8 would be a great OS to drop on a 64 Meg SPARC2,
but the issue did "sparc" this question... Solaris software seems keyed to
version 2.5.1 and above, and some fokls are reporting *nearly amazing" results
with some of the *BSD OSs, so I'm wondering what the popular opinion is.
In order to make this look like a reasonable question, let me add that my
thought is to use the machine at home, and being able to download pre-built
binaries would be very useful. This would be a desktop machine with very
low demand web serving (and maybe SAMBA file serving as well) duties. The
box in mind specifically is a SS/2 w/Weitek PowerUP and 96 Meg RAM
(that is 64 Meg + 32 Meg SBUS expansion card).
I am concerned that other OSs may drop support, following Suns lead...
Ken
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My question, simply, is since
Sun have decided to no longer support Sun4c</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>architecture for Solaris 8, what would folks
suggest running on these machines?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I never thought Solaris 8 would
be a great OS to drop on a 64 Meg SPARC2,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but the issue did "sparc" this question... Solaris
software seems keyed to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>version 2.5.1 and above, and some fokls are
reporting *nearly amazing" results</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with some of the *BSD OSs, so I'm wondering what
the popular opinion is.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> In order to make this look like
a reasonable question, let me add that my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thought is to use the machine at home, and being
able to download pre-built</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>binaries would be very useful. This would be a
desktop machine with very</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>low demand web serving (and maybe SAMBA file
serving as well) duties. The</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>box in mind specifically is a SS/2 w/Weitek PowerUP
and 96 Meg RAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(that is 64 Meg + 32 Meg SBUS expansion
card).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am concerned that other OSs
may drop support, following Suns lead...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Hello,
My question, simply, is since Sun have decided to no longer support Sun4c
architecture for Solaris 8, what would folks suggest running on these machines?
I never thought Solaris 8 would be a great OS to drop on a 64 Meg SPARC2,
but the issue did "sparc" this question... Solaris software seems keyed to
version 2.5.1 and above, and some fokls are reporting *nearly amazing" results
with some of the *BSD OSs, so I'm wondering what the popular opinion is.
In order to make this look like a reasonable question, let me add that my
thought is to use the machine at home, and being able to download pre-built
binaries would be very useful. This would be a desktop machine with very
low demand web serving (and maybe SAMBA file serving as well) duties. The
box in mind specifically is a SS/2 w/Weitek PowerUP and 96 Meg RAM
(that is 64 Meg + 32 Meg SBUS expansion card).
I am concerned that other OSs may drop support, following Suns lead...
Ken
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My question, simply, is since
Sun have decided to no longer support Sun4c</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>architecture for Solaris 8, what would folks
suggest running on these machines?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I never thought Solaris 8 would
be a great OS to drop on a 64 Meg SPARC2,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but the issue did "sparc" this question... Solaris
software seems keyed to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>version 2.5.1 and above, and some fokls are
reporting *nearly amazing" results</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with some of the *BSD OSs, so I'm wondering what
the popular opinion is.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> In order to make this look like
a reasonable question, let me add that my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thought is to use the machine at home, and being
able to download pre-built</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>binaries would be very useful. This would be a
desktop machine with very</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>low demand web serving (and maybe SAMBA file
serving as well) duties. The</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>box in mind specifically is a SS/2 w/Weitek PowerUP
and 96 Meg RAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(that is 64 Meg + 32 Meg SBUS expansion
card).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am concerned that other OSs
may drop support, following Suns lead...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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