[ale] Debian on Sparc

Chris Ricker kaboom at gatech.edu
Thu Jan 29 08:21:27 EST 2004


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 matty91 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> > What would be the easiest way to install Debian-testing on a SS5?  I
> > don't think there are ISOs available...
> 
> I just got FreeBSD 5.2 installed on an Ultra5 this  week. If Debian
> doesn't work, you might want to take a look at the Gentoo port to
> SPARC/SPARC64. If that doesn't work, my FreeBSD 5.2 install seems to
> be working well!

FreeBSD doesn't support sparc32, which is what he needs. Linux or NetBSD are 
the best bets....

later,
chris



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