[geeks] Linux on Sparcstation 5/170

[dave]

caleb at webninja.com writes:

>> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Joacim Melin wrote:
>> 
>> > Anyone know of a Linux distribution that will work properly on a 
>> > Sparcstation 5 with the 170Mhz Turbosparc CPU ?

>And there is always Debian-Sparc, and Gentoo-Sparc.

The 170 Mhz version is a little weird and some version of Linux
have a hard time installing on it, even though they're fine on
the other versions of the SS5.

I believe it's just an install problem, so you can build a system
disk on another machine, and move it over. Or the problem may have
been fixed.

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