[TriLUG] Fwd: [Aurora-sparc-announce] [ANNOUNCE] Build 1.0 (Ansel) releases
Roy Vestal
rvestal at trilug.org
Sun Jan 26 15:52:38 EST 2003
Now if I only had a sparc...
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Chris Hedemark wrote:
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> FYI, this is the first "stable" release of a very nice distro for sparc
> hardware. I've been following it a few months now and for those who
> want a distro very much like Red Hat 7.3 for sparc/sparc64, look no
> further than Aurora.
>
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> > From: "Tom 'spot' Callaway" <tcallawa at redhat.com>
> > Date: Sun Jan 19, 2003 12:41:51 PM America/New_York
> > To: aurora-sparc-announce at linuxpower.org
> > Cc: aurora-sparc-devel at linuxpower.org,
> > <aurora-sparc-user at linuxpower.org>, <lwn at lwn.net>
> > Subject: [Aurora-sparc-announce] [ANNOUNCE] Build 1.0 (Ansel) releases
> >
> > The Aurora SPARC Linux Project is proud to announce Build 1.0 (Ansel)
> > to
> > the world. This is the first "STABLE" build of Aurora. Nevertheless,
> > its
> > very much a work in progress. If you run this on your production
> > server,
> > you do so at your own risk.
> >
> > Download links are at the bottom of this email message, but please,
> > please, please read the whole message before installing.
> >
> > New features in this release include:
> >
> > Too many security & bugfix updates to count.
> > Lots and lots of installer fixes (including the parted bug)
> > The sparc64 kernel has O(1) and lowlatency patches applied to it.
> > The sparc64 kernel also now has Firewire support.
> > Cipe has been enabled in both sparc and sparc64.
> >
> > You should be aware of the following items:
> >
> > - When the installer detects the video card, it doesn't really probe
> > the video ram. You need
> > to manually select the proper amount.
> >
> > - The USB mouse is never detected by the installer. Select the Generic
> > 3 Button Mouse from
> > the list, and the installer will continue into GUI mode.
> >
> > _ Some hardware seems to have a difficult time being detected by
> > anaconda. Specifically, the
> > esp driver on the Sparcstation 2, the sungem & sunhme network drivers,
> > and the qlogicisp,
> > qlogicfc, and sym53c8xx scsi/fc drivers. I've added a lot of fixes
> > that should make it all
> > work properly, but be prepared to load these modules manually when
> > prompted (if you're not
> > prompted, boot with linux expert, and it WILL prompt you).
> >
> > - The Quad Happy Meal card seems unhappy in general. It may not like
> > tftp, using all ports,
> > or working at all.
> >
> > - In some situations, the installer will not create a boot alias.
> > Usually, this is when it
> > sees Solaris present (and not replaced by Aurora) and doesn't want to
> > step on it.
> >
> > - KDE seems to want to use /dev/dsp, and this doesn't seem to work. I
> > don't use KDE much,
> > so this is low priority. If you fix it, and send me the patch, and it
> > looks sane, I'll apply
> > it. I suspect this is an issue on the kernel level, with the audio
> > drivers. /dev/audio works.
> > The quick fix is to rmmod soundcore.
> >
> > - Swapon segfaults on sparc32 SMP. *shrug* Accepting patches.
> > The first swap partition will still load.
> >
> > - Floppy installs probably don't work on sparc64. I wouldn't waste
> > much time trying.
> > This is a hardware issue, not a software issue.
> >
> > - SPARCs don't generally like ISOs burned at high speeds. I had the
> > most
> > success burning at 12X or lower. Your mileage may vary. If you are
> > getting
> > screens full of DMA timeout messages, try reburning at a lower speed.
> > Also, they don't seem to like low grade media very much. If in doubt,
> > passing -vvv to
> > cdrecord will tell you the grade of your media. If its worse than A-
> > grade, don't use
> > it. Again, this is a hardware issue, not so much of a software issue.
> >
> > - Some of the language translations are probably really really off. If
> > you catch
> > something mistranslated or wrong, please please please send me a fix.
> >
> > - Large disks (e.g. 40+ GB) may lock up the GUI installer when it
> > tries to format the
> > partitions. If this happens to you, try it in text mode.
> >
> > - SparcStation 20s (and maybe 10s) with a VSIMM installed may have X
> > issues. Some work has
> > been done to try to make them play nicely, but if it doesn't work,
> > switch to text mode
> > (or remove the VSIMM).
> >
> > - Sun4d machines simply do not work. The 2.4 kernel needs a lot of
> > sun4d
> > cleanups and fixes before it will work, and none of the Aurora hackers
> > have sun4d hardware.
> >
> > - KDE has the wrong startup logo. Whoops. Just pretend it says "Aurora"
> > instead of Red Hat Linux. Aurora is not a Red Hat product.
> >
> > - The iso label identifies them as 0.51 instead of 1.0. Again, whoops.
> > 0.51 was the internal number for this build.
> >
> > Tested machines:
> >
> > Ultra 2, Ultra 10, Sun Blade 100, Sun Blade 2000, SparcStation 20,
> > SparcStation 4
> >
> > Install methods:
> >
> > Serial (works)
> > Network (FTP works, HTTP works, TFTP works)
> > HD (not tested, no idea if it works or not)
> > Text (works)
> > Graphical (works)
> > Floppy (works (at least for sparc32))
> >
> > Full downloads are available at the following locations:
> >
> > ftp://auroralinux.org/pub/aurora/build-1.0/
> > http://www.auroralinux.org/pub/aurora/build-1.0/
> > ftp://ultra.linux.cz/MIRRORS/zenIII.uk.linux.org/pub/distributions/
> > aurora/build-1.0/
> > ftp://kickstart.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/aurora/build-1.0/
> > ftp://angus.ind.wpi.edu/pub/mirrors/aurora/build-1.0/
> > ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/Aurora/build-1.0/
> >
> > This download site is ISO only (it was too full to hold the rest of the
> > tree):
> >
> > ftp://zenIII.uk.linux.org/pub/distributions/aurora/build-1.0/en/iso
> >
> > This site should be sync'd up in the next several days:
> > ftp://aurora.markab.net/build-1.0/
> >
> > Wanna be a mirror? Found a bug in the tree? Something missing/corrupt?
> > Email the mailing list (you may even want to join):
> > aurora-sparc-devel at linuxpower.org or email me: tcallawa at redhat.com.
> >
> > Aurora is seeking qualified individuals to perform the following roles:
> > - errata manager/coordinator
> > - contrib manager/coordinator
> > - bugzilla administrator
> > - kernel hacker
> > - userspace hacker
> >
> > The jobs are unpaid, but the community is friendly, and the rewards of
> > seeing Linux run well on SPARC are endless. ;)
> >
> > Thank yous go out to:
> >
> > Peter Jones, without whom, there would be no 1.0.
> > Ed Halley, for doing all the art in the installer (that you actually
> > get to see now!).
> > Jeremy Katz, for not killing me when i asked installer questions after
> > taking over the work.
> > Ingo T. Storm, for tireless devotion to Aurora, and missed trains.
> > Robr, for carrying that heavy box.
> > Jakub Jelinek, for multi-lib.
> > Dave Miller, for fixing the UltraSPARC III+ (again).
> > David Andrew and Uzi, for supporting the community within Sun.
> > Hunter Matthews, for access to the SB2000
> > Tom Duffy, for doing the initial O(1)+ll work on sparc64
> > All of the mirror admins, thanks for the disk and pipe.
> > Everyone on aurora-sparc-devel & aurora-sparc-user.
> >
> > the Aurora SPARC Project lives at:
> >
> > http://auroralinux.org
> >
> > ~tom "spot" callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>, January 19th, 2003
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Aurora-sparc-announce at lists.linuxpower.org
> > http://lists.linuxpower.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-announce
> >
> >
>
> Chris Hedemark .. Prospect Park, PA .. http://yonderway.com
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Roy Vestal
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