On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > * Bob Hauck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-10-2002 15:59]: > > Somebody just gave me an Ultra 1 model 170. Haven't decided whether to > > install Solaris 9 or Debian (it has Solaris 2.6 on it now but that seems > > to be in a bad state). > > Unless you really need Solaris, I can't recommend it. I was faced > with this choice myself. I started out with Sol9.
That's my feeling. I used Solaris 8 on a Blade 100 for a while. Seems solid enough, but I ended up installing Debian because I missed the creature comforts. I didn't much care for CDE, while the KDE on the Sun Freeware CD had some annoying problems and I wasn't feeling like compiling my own. Then I had to reinstall anyway because I needed a "clean" setup for some testing, so I went dual-boot. > Getting either of the BSDs or Debian to run, is trivial if you > can manage an x86 setup. Yes, as I said I've got Woody running on a Blade 100. The Ultra seems to be pretty similar as far as the firmware and such. > In the end I should have bought an old x86 machine with 2 nics to > get what I wanted, but hey I am geek enough to enjoy having a > Sun. I can related to that... -- -| Bob Hauck -| To Whom You Are Speaking -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
