Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot of > commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. > He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have enough > Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. > > I

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On 12/30/2009 04:43 AM, Peter A wrote: >> OH, and I just remembered. the Ultra 10 uses the same memory board, but >> has a little more room in the chassis, and supports 4 x 256MB tall dimms >> of the right type, for 1GB.you can get away with this in hte U5 by >> hacking a bit on the inside.

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On 12/29/2009 11:42 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi Tim, > >>> My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has >>> memorized a lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to >>> have his own domain and server on the web and I have enough >>> Static IP's, so why not foster this interes

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

> OH, and I just remembered. the Ultra 10 uses the same memory board, but > has a little more room in the chassis, and supports 4 x 256MB tall dimms > of the right type, for 1GB.you can get away with this in hte U5 by > hacking a bit on the inside.catch is, the low profile 256MB modules >

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Peter A wrote: > Jason, > > 5 will run solaris 10 with a few initial issues. You may have to install 8 or > 9 first and then do a firmware upgrade to get 10 to boot for installation. > Also, > 512MB max will restrict you in what you can do. ZfS boot is possible but slow > and in general use, yo

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On Dec 29, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi Tim, > >>> My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a >>> lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. >>> He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have >>> enough Static IP's, so why not foster this

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On Tuesday 29 December 2009 18:11:51 John R Pierce wrote: > Slack-Moehrle wrote: > > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot > > of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to have his own domain and > > server on the web and I have enough Static IP's, so why not

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Jason, 5 will run solaris 10 with a few initial issues. You may have to install 8 or 9 first and then do a firmware upgrade to get 10 to boot for installation. Also, 512MB max will restrict you in what you can do. ZfS boot is possible but slow and in general use, you want to reduce the size of

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot of > commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. > He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have enough > Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. > > I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are th

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Tim Nelson wrote: > >> My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a >> lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. >> He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have >> enough Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. > > Fantastic! Nothing helps creativ

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On 12/29/2009 05:36 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi Peter, > > >> I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that support >> Sparc? >> >> Or recommendations? I know OpenBSD does, but I am more versed in Solaris >> and versions like Slackware or CentOS or Ubuntu. >> >> He also says

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot of > commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. > He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have enough > Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. I'd say go the VM route if you can, safer

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Hi Tim, >> My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a >> lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. >> He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have >> enough Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. >Fantastic! Nothing helps creativity and explora

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Hi Peter, > I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that support > Sparc? > > Or recommendations? I know OpenBSD does, but I am more versed in Solaris > and versions like Slackware or CentOS or Ubuntu. > > He also says that ZFS rules all and is pissed Apple did not adopt it

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

- "Slack-Moehrle" wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a > lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. > He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have > enough Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. Fantastic! Nothing helps creati

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On 12/29/2009 11:28 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Timo, > >> I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that >> support Sparc? > > IIRC there was CentOS 4.6, but I'm not sure. Is it a 'Sun Ultra 5' or a > 'SPARCstation 5'? > > It is a Sun Ultra 5 > >> He also says that ZFS rules al

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On Tuesday 29 December 2009 17:13:52 Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot of > commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to have his own domain and > server on the web and I have enough Static IP's, so why not foster this > interest. >

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Timo, > I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that > support Sparc? IIRC there was CentOS 4.6, but I'm not sure. Is it a 'Sun Ultra 5' or a 'SPARCstation 5'? It is a Sun Ultra 5 > He also says that ZFS rules all Yap, it's nice. If he wants ZFS and maybe wants to become a g

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Jason: > Are there any CentOS versions that support Sparc? Check out http://sparc.centos.org Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net CentOS 5.4 VPS with unmetered bandwidth only $25/month! No overage charges, 7 day free trial, PayPal, Google Checkout

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On 12/29/2009 11:13 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a > lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to have his own > domain and server on the web and I have enough Static IP's, so why > not foster this interest. Hi Jason, > I ha

[CentOS] Sparc?

My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have enough Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that sup

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

2009/10/16 Timo Schoeler : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > thus Stephen Nelson-Smith spake: > | Hi, > | > |> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > |> postfix, mysql, etc. > | > | Do you have a specific reason not to use Solaris? > | > | If you don

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Stephen Nelson-Smith spake: | Hi, | |> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, |> postfix, mysql, etc. | | Do you have a specific reason not to use Solaris? | | If you don't want to do that I've had excellent results with

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Hi, > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. Do you have a specific reason not to use Solaris? If you don't want to do that I've had excellent results with Debian on Sparc, and NetBSD. S. ___ CentOS ma

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Hi, maybe Gentoo Linux will be up on this server. my buddy has successfully ran it on Sun Blade 1000, but there is a UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC III Cu CPUs ( UltraSPARC IIIi on the SF240). I think OpenSolaris will be better there ;) really have fun :) On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM, ML wrot

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

> > Solaris 10. Top notch OS, and comes with ZFS. As does OpenSolaris. > > Recommend to max it out on RAM. > > Max out RAM? 16gb? How do you figure that? Apache and MySQL will definitely benefit from it, but if you don't plan on running a busy production server, 2-4GB will probably do. I was

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

> HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. Don't forget, if you don't put another o/s on it, mark

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

- "ML" wrote: > HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > know

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

Hi Nate, >> I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of >> knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc. > > I *think* debian is the only "major" distro left that supports > SPARC to the fullest extent. Though watch out if your running the > latest T1/T2 type processors, l

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry Vaden wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM, ML wrote: >> I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version >> of CentOS. >> >> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, >> postfix, mysql, etc. >

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

>> I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC >> version >> of CentOS. >> >> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, >> postfix, mysql, etc. >> >> I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of >> knowledge on distros that are st

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM, ML wrote: > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. NetBSD? ___ CentOS mailing l

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Marcelo M. Garcia spake: > ML wrote: >> HI All, >> >> >> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, >> postfix, mysql, etc. >> >> >> -Jason > > Hi > > There are some options, like Debian or Fedora 11 in case of Linux or

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

ML wrote: > HI All, > > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > > -Jason Hi There are some options, like Debian or Fedora 11 in case of Linux or something different try FreeBSD. Regards mg. ___

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

ML wrote: > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc. I *think* debian is the only "major" distro left that supports SPARC to the fullest extent. Though watch out if your running the latest T1/T2 type processors, last I ch

Re: [CentOS] Sparc?

ML writes: > HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on d

[CentOS] Sparc?

HI All, I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version of CentOS. Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, postfix, mysql, etc. I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc

Re: [CentOS] centos sparc distro?

John R Pierce escribió: tblader wrote: Hello All. I've a couple Sun SPARC Ultra 60 machines I'd like to install Linux on. Is the Centos 4.2 Beta distro* still in development? Looks like 2005 was the last beta release. I'd put Solaris 10 on those. __

Re: [CentOS] centos sparc distro?

tblader wrote: Hello All. I've a couple Sun SPARC Ultra 60 machines I'd like to install Linux on. Is the Centos 4.2 Beta distro* still in development? Looks like 2005 was the last beta release. I'd put Solaris 10 on those. ___ CentOS mailing list Cen

[CentOS] centos sparc distro?

Hello All. I've a couple Sun SPARC Ultra 60 machines I'd like to install Linux on. Is the Centos 4.2 Beta distro* still in development? Looks like 2005 was the last beta release. Thanks, Thomas [*] - http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.2beta/isos/sparc/ -- Flambeau Inc. Technology Center - Barab

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

On Monday 09 July 2007 22:41:04 John R Pierce wrote: > John Bowden wrote: > > Sorry to hijack this thread. I have got some old Sparc station 5's any > > one know of an o/s that I can install on them. I would like to learn all > > about clustering > > SS5 or Sun Ultra 5 ? > > the SS5 is way WAY old

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

On 7/7/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra Sparc? At this point, I do not know of any effort towards a Sparc version. The problems in getting usable documentation and determined developers. I would probably look at Debian fo

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

John Bowden wrote: Sorry to hijack this thread. I have got some old Sparc station 5's any one know of an o/s that I can install on them. I would like to learn all about clustering SS5 or Sun Ultra 5 ? the SS5 is way WAY old (discontinued in 1996), 70Mhz and used oddball memory, 8 x 8MB (

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

On Monday 09 July 2007 15:57:32 Chris Mauritz wrote: > Akemi Yagi wrote: > > On 7/9/07, Adam Breaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 7/7/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > >> > Sparc? > >> > >> Debian 4 supports sparc

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

Akemi Yagi wrote: On 7/9/07, Adam Breaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/7/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > Sparc? Debian 4 supports sparc well, has done so for a long time...biggest problem is having to netboot the in

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

On 7/9/07, Adam Breaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/7/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > Sparc? Debian 4 supports sparc well, has done so for a long time...biggest problem is having to netboot the installer, since most

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

Debian 4 supports sparc well, has done so for a long time...biggest problem is having to netboot the installer, since most sparc boxes won't get past the initial loader stages booting the kernel, it's some known SILO issue thats been going on for a while. Most distro's seems to falter after an ini

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:58:18 -0700 John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris wrote: > > By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > > Sparc? > > > > > why not run solaris on a sparc? its a very _very_ good server > kernel.opensolaris and solaris expres

Re: [CentOS] Sparc

Chris wrote: By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra Sparc? why not run solaris on a sparc? its a very _very_ good server kernel.opensolaris and solaris express are getting increasingly better at the user friendly thing. otherwise, why run a sparc at a

[CentOS] Sparc

By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra Sparc? -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos