Sparc Linux?

[Warren Togami]

Thanks for the information.  I was looking at the Netra because it was a
powerful 1U rackmount server at a low cost, but you're right, I should save
myself the hassle and buy an Athlon.  Do you know anything about where to
buy 1U cases, and what kind of motherboards would work in there?  Standard
ATX or Micro-ATX would work?  I have no clue where to get the special risers
to support the PCI cards to fit in there.  If someone can point me to some
good vendors then this may work out well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dusty" <dusty at sandust.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:48 PM
Subject: [luau] Re: Sparc Linux?


> Next to Solaris, NetBSD is probally your best choice for a Netra, unless
you want to really do it right and go with Linux From Scratch.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
>
> Any reason you are looking at the Netra?  They are nice little servers,
but what are you going to do with it?   I am betting that you can get a
better 1U Athalon for less money with more compatability.  I love Sparcs (my
first computer was a sparc), but they are really designed for specific
purposes and with the power of modern x86 processors.....
>
>
> Dusty
>