[TriLUG] why run open source OS on oddball old hardware?(LONGDIATRIBE)

[Robert Wagoner]

> > Sparc Linux should be able to run on an E10k which typically takes
up
> > the better part of a rack once you include all the SCSI controllers
and
> > drives that make the E10k worth the price.
> 
> Have you heard of anyone doing this?  I'd have my doubts about any
> current Linux distro running on such extravegant hardware.  I've
never
> tried anything bigger than an E450 though.
> 
> Also, it's unlikely that anyone here is going to get an E10K on eBay
for
> personal use.

Chris,

See http://old.lwn.net/1998/1210/a/dm-sparc.html
and http://samba.org/~anton/e10000
-- 
Robert