FIRST of all: PLEASE do *not* simply reply to an existing thread and change the subject if you want to ask a new, unrelated question. It screws the threading for those people who are using a capable mail program, making it harder to follow things. PLEASE write a NEW message instead. THANKS!
As for your problem: On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 09:44:03PM -0600, Christopher Henderson wrote: [...] > I have a question concerning Sparc's. I own a Sparcclassic that has a 50 mhz > CPU, 16 megs of RAM, and a 200 mg SCSI HD. 200mg? That's a very light hard drive - mine weigh a couple of hundred grams, typically... (SCNR - I know you meant MB and not 'mg') ;-) > I plan on upgrading it to at > least a 1 gig hard disk and probably maxing out the RAM (48 I believe). Maximum RAM in a Sparc Classic is 96MB regular and 128MB inofficially. The latter can be achieved by using two 32MB SIMMs in the first two sockets. [...] > However, I saw this tidbit in the NetBSD sparc FAQ - > > Why is NetBSD so much faster than SparcLinux on sun4c (top) > The memory management hardware on sun4c machines (SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2, > IPC, IPX, SLC, ELC and clones) is not handled particularly well by Linux. > Until Linux reworks their MMU code NetBSD will be very much faster on this > hardware. > > I was curious if this is still true with newer kernels such as the late 2.2 > series or even the 2.4 series. I believe that my Sparc is more or less an > IPX repackaged and resold - so my box would be included. Actually, no, it wouldn't. A SparcStation Classic is basically the same as a SparcStation LX, though without on-board ISDN. The LX also has better audio and video. Both are sun4m, not sun4c. Hence, the above doesn't apply to your machine (though I myself still haven't found out whether the 2.4 kernel changed anything. 2.2 sure didn't - OpenBSD ran a lot better on my SparcStation 2 than RHL 6.2 did). As for the Linux: You can also try Aurora Linux, which is based on RHL 7.3. It's still pretty much beta, but it runs well on my SparcStation LX. See: http://auroralinux.org/ Also, have a look at Sun's website, as well as http://www.sunhelp.org and http://www.obsolyte.com for information about Sparcs in general. HTH, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
