On Dec 10, 4:36pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Subject: Re: Linux on an SGI Challenge L
> On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 03:47:19PM -0600, Andrew R. Baker wrote:
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> > Anyone care to make any comments on porting Linux to an SGI Challenge L
> > machine w/ (4) R4400 processors? Am I crazy to even attempt this?
>
> You're not crazy, after all Linux is already running on bigger iron and
> about to run on Sun's E10000. However you should checkout again what
> hardware you actually have on your system. A Challenge L is mostly like
> an Indy (which is supported), that is strictly uniprocessor. So
> your system either is not a multiprocessor system or not a Challenge L.
Actually, the Indy system is a Challenge S. The Indigo^2 system is
a Challenge M. The Challenge L is the desk-side system and can indeed
support multiple processors.
I can only comment on the model line - not on whether you are crazy or not :)
Steve Parker
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