advice: linux on sparc

bimble · 12-12-2002, 06:47 AM

Hi!

I need a recommendation for a distro I can run on a Sun Sparcstation IPX (40MB RAM, 213MB HDD) !!!!

Best I've seen so far is RedHat, bur can't get it below 350MB. Don't need X, just telnetd & httpd to run headless (small) webserver.

Also, can anyone suggest any good sites for old hardware like this? Have seen www.obsolyte.com.

TIA

neo77777 · 12-12-2002, 09:46 PM

try debian, it installs minimal setup so you'd need to apt-get and here is your advantage you are given an opportunity to apt-get only necessary packages.

bimble · 12-13-2002, 02:04 AM

I've looked for Debian but couldn't find ISOs for anything other than x86. Can you point me in the right direction?

tangle · 12-13-2002, 02:52 PM

http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/d.../3.0_r0/jigdo/

neo77777 · 12-13-2002, 03:58 PM

or the ever loving http://www.linuxiso.org

bimble · 12-17-2002, 06:39 AM

I'm now looking at NetBSD - any comments?