Hello, >I've installed at least 3 linux distros > on my 64-bit ultra5 years before Ubuntu was created
Regarding ultra5 - you are right. The Ubuntu distribution was to first to run on a Niagra SPARC64 machines. I should have mention this. Regards, Rami Rosen On 7/31/07, Mike Tewner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 7/31/07, Rami Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Nadav, > > > > >What binary distribution has the best support for Sun machines? > > > > The first distribution which was equipped with support for Sun SPARC64 > > is Ubuntu; this happened after some attempts to boot Fedora Core (by > > Dave Miller and others) failed giving panic. > > > > This of course does not imply the Ubuntu is the best one , but it is > > the most veteran > > in this field. So I suggest you try it (you can try Ubuntu live-cd > > first to see what are the results). > > That's a very dangerous statement - I've installed at least 3 linux distros > on my 64-bit ultra5 years before Ubuntu was created. Granted, one of them > was debian :-) > > > > >but after boot the keyboard stops working (It only has USB > > >keyboard&mouse). > > > > to make sure this keyboard is identified please > > try : "tail -f /var/log/messages", and then > > unplug the USB keyboard and plug it back in. Do you see any messages ? > > > > Regards, > > Rami Rosen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/26/07, Nadav Shemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. I have a Sun Ultra 45 and I've tried (unsuccessfully) to install > > > some kind of Linux distribution on it. > > > I've tried Debian netinst (both stable and testing) and Gentoo (stage2) > > > CDs, but after boot the keyboard stops working (It only has USB > > > keyboard&mouse). > > > Booting from the serial console, It hangs with the following message: > > > su: Cannot register IRQ 1 > > > > > > Has anyone had any luck with this particular machine? > > > What binary distribution has the best support for Sun machines? > > > Can anyone help me? > > > > > > Nadav Shemer > > > Tehuti Networks > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
