* Canavan, Paul (O&M) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 03:35]: > I have a Sparc 5 Model 170 and I wish to install Linux onto it, could > some one confirm that the Debian version is a good path to go down for > this Machine. It has been said that the Model 170 is not very good > with Linux because of it's Turbosparc chip. I would also appreciate > any tips regarding this bearing in mind that I am new to Linux and > Sparc workstations.
Most distributions available for SPARC should work (to some extent) on an ss5/170... but don't expect stability with any of them. The issues are with kernel support for it...
