[Aurora-sparc-user] Wikipedia sparc 32 support.

Chris Andrew cjhandrew at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 07:14:20 EDT 2007


Is it still available for download?  Does it get security updates?

On 24/07/07, Torbjørn Heltne <torbjorn.heltne at amelektronikk.no> wrote:
>
> Jima wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Chris Andrew wrote:
> >> BTW, has anybody managed to get Aurora to install on an SS20, with 2
> >> processors?  If so, can you point me to the ISO you used.
> >
> >   SS20?  Maybe.  With SMP?  Good luck.  Due to compatibility issues
> between
> > sparc32 SMP and 2.6 kernels, it hasn't really been supported since
> Aurora
> > 1.0 (which had a 2.4 kernel).
>
> It has to be said that I had Aurora 1.0 running flawlessly on my SS20
> (SMP) for a looong time. IIRC, there were some issues with Samba in the
> early days, but they were solved along the way. Unfortunately I had a
> HDD failure in the SS20 (after a power outage) and that combined with
> having a U1 handed to me resulted in a SS20 that is sitting cold and
> quiet on a shelf these days.
>
> It depends on what you want to use the SS20 for. Maybe Aurora 1.0 is
> just what you need..?
>
> --
> Torbjørn Heltne
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