Re: tlug: Q about Linux on SPARCs

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:

> To all the SPARC Linux experts out there, can I run Linux on an Ultra
> 10, which uses a PCI-bus?  (This is some of the latest hardware from
> Sun, I think.)

Yes.  Although the kernel is going to be running in 64bit mode, userland
will still be using sparc32 binaries (unless something has changed
recently.  John?)

> Furthermore, can I -- as on a PC -- install Linux on an extra
> partition of the SPARC, while leaving Solaris on the other partitions
> for the time being?

Yes.  Make sure that you respect the settings of the preexisting sun
disklabel when you're doing the partitioning.  Might be safer to drop it
on a secondary drive.

--	Chris (wileyc@example.com)

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