Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not to mention the fact that Solaris runs like crap on all > pre-Ultrasparc hardware.
I think Solaris 8 doesn't even run on pre-Ultra hardware (or is supported on?) > If you desperately wanted a Sun operating system, you could go for > SunOS 4.1.4, but that's been unsupported for nearly 10 years now. > > Debian or NetBSD would be a far better choice, for the same reason > that you wouldn't try to run windows XP on a Pentium 90. NetBSD or OpenBSD are probably best for a lowend Sparc and the closest to the traditional BSD-based SunOS 4. According to the (possibly biased and probably outdated) NetBSD/Sparc FAQ Why is NetBSD so much faster than SparcLinux on sun4c? The memory management hardware on sun4c machines (SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2, IPC, IPX, SLC, ELC and clones) is not handled particularly well by Linux. Until Linux reworks their MMU code NetBSD will be very much faster on this hardware. YMMV -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
