Slackware on Sun hardware

plisken · 12-08-2013, 12:53 PM

As per subject, I'm curious as to which hardware, slack version, purpose and feedback.

Thanks

Drakeo · 12-09-2013, 06:22 AM

kfritz · 12-09-2013, 10:33 AM

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check out splac.

That site seems dead. OP did not specify if the SUN hardware was sparc or x86 -- they did build a fair amount of x86 servers, on which Slackware should run fine.

For sparc, consider a distribution that supports it, say Debian, or OpenBSD if you don't have a requirement for Linux. I have an old SunBlade 150 that I run OpenBSD on for testing code portability. Seems to work fine, though a little slow by today's standards.

plisken · 12-09-2013, 01:12 PM

Sorry, was meaning one of the later x86 servers, an X2100 as it happens.

I'm replacing my trusty Dell dual PII running slack 9.1 which has given me many years service so kind of hoping for the same again.

I do have a sparc but that sits with RH6.2 and is really just a paper weight now.

So yea, Slack on a Sunfire X2100 m2 is the plan.

ReaperX7 · 12-09-2013, 08:14 PM

Slackware should install on any x86 based machine without incident. Good luck.