dear Ribbrock thanks for soon reply . then i am going to buy a x86 computer to install fedora . again thanks --- "T. Ribbrock" <emgaron@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:51:37PM -0700, boby > wrote: > > can i install fedora on ultrasparc10 . > [...] > > No, not currently. Fedora is still pretty much x86 > architecture and does > not support the Sparc or UltraSparc CPUs. However, > there is Aurora Sparc > Linux, which is based on RHL7.3 and runs quite well > on an U10 - I had it > running on an U5 (which is an U10 in a different > case) and an AXi (which > is an U10 with a different motherboard and SCSI). > You can find Aurora Sparc Linux here: > > http://auroralinux.org/ > > There are efforts to merge Aurora and Fedora, > however, they're still > ongoing right now. Aurora is driven by Red Hat > employees and volunteers > and as such is dependend on the time people can > spare for it - like most > OSS projects... :-) > > > Other possible options for *nix OS on a U10 are: > > - Debian (I think they still have a Sparc port) > - NetBSD > - OpenBSD (I'm running that on my firewall/server, > which is a U5) > - and of course Solaris. The download is free (as in > cost), but requires > a licence which costs money, unless you've bought > your U10 from Sun or > an authorised dealer. There might be options to > get a free licence by > declaring the machine to be a developer's box, but > that's a grey area > I personally chose not to venture in. > > Cheerio, > > Thomas > -- > ===> Netiquette - read it, use it: > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html <=== > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Ribbrock > http://www.ribbrock.org > "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make > your dreams come true!" > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
