Hi there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:51 AM Subject: Re: Sparc Linux
> FIRST of all: PLEASE do *not* simply reply to an existing thread and change > the subject if you want to ask a new, unrelated question. It screws the > threading for those people who are using a capable mail program, making it > harder to follow things. PLEASE write a NEW message instead. THANKS! Not having such an email client I did not realize. I'm sorry. > As for your problem: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 09:44:03PM -0600, Christopher Henderson wrote: > [...] > > I have a question concerning Sparc's. I own a Sparcclassic that has a 50 mhz > > CPU, 16 megs of RAM, and a 200 mg SCSI HD. > > 200mg? That's a very light hard drive - mine weigh a couple of hundred > grams, typically... (SCNR - I know you meant MB and not 'mg') ;-) Ick - sorry, I meant mb. > > I plan on upgrading it to at > > least a 1 gig hard disk and probably maxing out the RAM (48 I believe). > > Maximum RAM in a Sparc Classic is 96MB regular and 128MB inofficially. The > latter can be achieved by using two 32MB SIMMs in the first two sockets. Cool - much more then originally thought. Thnx. Btw, any sites you could point me at that would sell RAM for such an old machine? Thnx again. > [...] > > However, I saw this tidbit in the NetBSD sparc FAQ - > > > > Why is NetBSD so much faster than SparcLinux on sun4c (top) > > 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. > > > > I was curious if this is still true with newer kernels such as the late 2.2 > > series or even the 2.4 series. I believe that my Sparc is more or less an > > IPX repackaged and resold - so my box would be included. > > Actually, no, it wouldn't. A SparcStation Classic is basically the same as a > SparcStation LX, though without on-board ISDN. The LX also has better audio > and video. Both are sun4m, not sun4c. Hence, the above doesn't apply to your > machine (though I myself still haven't found out whether the 2.4 kernel > changed anything. 2.2 sure didn't - OpenBSD ran a lot better on my > SparcStation 2 than RHL 6.2 did). Oh? When I bought my machine on eBay it was advertised as being a Sun IPX - the guy claimed that the Sparcclassic was the same thing. Interesting. Well, could I run X-Windows on my machine given a larger HD and maxed out RAM? Its not really important if I can or not, just curious. > As for the Linux: You can also try Aurora Linux, which is based on RHL 7.3. > It's still pretty much beta, but it runs well on my SparcStation LX. See: > http://auroralinux.org/ > > Also, have a look at Sun's website, as well as > http://www.sunhelp.org and http://www.obsolyte.com for information about > Sparcs in general. > > HTH, Thank you for all your help. I shall not make the same mistake again concerning threaded emails - I apologise. Thank you for your time! ~Christopher -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
