[TriLUG] Re: SPARC Networking Failure

[Ben Pitzer]

I find this thread really interesting for a couple of reasons, not the
least of which is that I have two Sparc boxen, on currently running
OpenBSD.  The other will eventually run Debian, I hope.

Another reason is that I find it amazing that even as this community
comes together, we still have alot of distribution animosity out there. 
Not to say that Tanner or John are bigots or zealots.  They both have
their preferences, and that's respectable.  John might crave more
granularity and simplicity, if not ease, in the administration of his
computers.  Tanner might prefer ease, and out of the box functionality,
in addition to greater community support and more apps.  Personally, I
think that both are noble goals.  I'd like to have more ease of
administration, but for now simplicity will do, so I choose Debian.  Of
course, I'd also like to have more apps and community support, but
personally, I don't like the way that RH and Mandrake do some things,
configuration and automation wise.  C'est la vie.

Of course, if anyone is willing to help me get USB support working for
my Debian Woody box, I'm all ears.  My attempts have been....
frustrating.  *chuckle*

Regards,
Ben Pitzer



On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 18:31, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 18:10, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> >
> > Since I arguably know more about Linux/SPARC than the majority of you,
> > let me jump in and clear the air:
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Thank you very much for setting the record straight.  I guess
> I kind of got a bit hot headed and probably should have thought
> a bit more before posting.  I freely admit I don't know anything
> at all about sparcs (although I have one sitting in the closet
> at home and I'd like to learn).
> 
> For those of us who don't know any better.  Could you explain a
> bit about what you have to do to port something like the 
> intel version of redhat 7.3 to sparc?  I guess it's not just
> a simple matter of recompiling everything for the sparc
> architecture.  What more is involved?  What are the pitfalls,
> etc?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tanner