On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 08:59:11AM -0700, Steven G. Parker wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > > 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 :)
Sorry, I'm out of my mind since the big flu knocked me down during
last weekend's CLOWN cluster event. I was actually thinking
Challenge S.
Ralf (Going back to Asprine and hot tee ...)
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