loading linux on old hardware

[Linux Robot]

Thanks :)  I was kinda thinking about some of the options you were 
mentioning...  And yeah, I saw that new 7.2 game plan.  Sounds good, 
considering that I already have a Helio PDA, a few potential thin clients 
(the 486's), and a potential workstation (an old Cyrix266 i think).  Now all 
I need is a server...

Does anyone know how well linux runs on SPARC processors, and what distros 
do this?  I heard that they ported linux over to run on SPARC, and I was 
wondering if running linux on a SPARC would be better than running the 
traditional Solaris...

Thanks,
LR


>From: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>
>Reply-To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
>To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
>Subject: [luau] Re: loading linux on old hardware
>Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:45:23 -1000
>
>I just asked two places within Red Hat about forcing an install with low
>RAM.  I hope there is a way.  If not, then you could always do an
>installation on a bigger number, and transfer the hard drive.
>
>I'll let you know if they give me an answer...
>
>You could use one of those tiny Linux distributions, but then you lose your
>ability of using Red Hat as the development platform from which you develop
>software for your tiny computer.  Red Hat's new strategy (read their new
>home page) says this
>
>"Introducing one code base for the full spectrum of computing platforms -
>handheld device, thin appliance, router/gateway, workstation, server,
>advanced server, mainframe."
>
>They have embedded development tools... so I'm assuming that their products
>should still support even the weakest compatible hardware.


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