Fedora on SUN Ultra sparc10

[boby]

dear Ribbrock
thanks for soon reply . then i am going to buy a x86
computer to install fedora .

again thanks
 

--- "T. Ribbrock" <emgaron at gmx.net> 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
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