Re: [Lug-Nuts] Linux on architecures other than i386

From: Mike Machado (mike@cheapnet.net)
Date: Sat Oct 30 1999 - 16:18:57 PDT


On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:

> Anybody running Linux on architectures other than Intel, like Sparc,
> Alpha, MIPS, PPC, etc?
>
> I'm considering installing Linux (debian) on an external drive of my
> sparc laptop, _and_ installing LinuxPPC on a G3 for showing off at a
> MacNexus meeting.
>
> If anybody has done either of the following, I'd like to know your
> mileage with it. How did it run, is it like running it on x86, etc?
>
> Cheers,
> Sean
>

I have done sparc linux on a sparcstation 1+, boy was that SLOW! But other
than the slowness it seemed to be ok. It was a while ago with redhat 4.2.

Mike Machado
mike@innercite.com
InnerCite
Network Specialist



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