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Old 11-23-2003, 06:59 PM   #1
robertmarkbram
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Redhat on Sparc?


Hi All!

I would like to know of people's experiences with RedHat on Sparc machines. Does RedHat work well on them? Have there been any compatibility issues?

I am looking to install Linux on a Sun Sparc Ultra 5.

Thanks for any feedback!

Rob
 
Old 11-24-2003, 12:31 AM   #2
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mmm... my mistake. It seems you cannot.
Oh well.
 
Old 11-24-2003, 05:30 PM   #3
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Howzit

U can if u have the distro in scr.rpm try rpmbuild --rebuild <all packages> this will complie rpm for your system or machine (SPARC). Redhat stoped making the version for sparc a while back it still able to work on this processor.

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