[TriLUG] sparc 4 hardware

[Sam Penfield]

It only has one ethernet connection.  You can use either connector but not
both.

On 10/7/02 3:34 PM, "Greg Brown" <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Is a Sparc4 system with 32 megs of ram and a 500 meg scsi drive even worth
> loading a Linux distro on?  I was thinking of using it as a firewall.  But
> here's what I don't recall - the Sparc4 had two ethernet ports - one DIX/AUI
> and one RJ-45.  Can I use both ports at the same time is it only one or the
> other in use at one time?
> 
> Assuming that I can use both ethernet ports can I load Mandrake 9.0 with only
> what is required to support routing and iptables and perhaps one or two other
> goodies?   Given the vintage of the hardware is this totally pointless?
> 
> Greg
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