>> Anybody know if it will install on a plain Jane SPARCStation
>> 2?
[...]
>Mandrake is optimized for the newer UltraSparc processors. I don't
think
>it will run at all on your old SPARCStation2. I had one of these a few
>years ago, it's equivalent in raw CPU speed to a 486 at 80Mhz to
100Mhz.
>It's a bit slow for being a "X" station, and Solaris will creep on this
>machine. Hey, it's still using 80ns, 30-pin SIMMS!
Yea, oldies but goodies. Ours actually have 96 MB RAM and 4GB internal
disks. We pushed them hard. They currently have Solaris, but it's
disappointing on them.
>RedHat has Tier2 support for SPARCstation/server 2 (4/75). For more
info:
>http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/sparc/62/rh62-hardware.sparc-3.h
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Thanks for the tip.
>It will run a small server, like DNS or mail, but make sure you disable
>all unneded services to save RAM.
That's exactly the kind of stuff we want to move to small satellites.
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