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Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <1147792076.481850.147950@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> toby <toby@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> graham salkin wrote:
>>> Solaris 7 is the last supported solaris release on an IPC. However, you
>>> should be prepared to not use X, and fully load it with whatever memory
>>> you have.
>>>
>>> I have found better performance with the BSDs, NetBSD and OpenBSD seem
>>> to work acceptably.
>>>
>>> I gave up using the CD, and netinstalled them.
>>> Using CD-R's in a CD-rom drive of the sort of age suitable to work with
>>> a computer that old is a tricky experience. it may work, but dont count
>>> on it.
>>>
>>> You *can* install linux, but on an IPC, i dont recommend it. It works
>>> fine on the more powerful boxes, but on a 25Mhz SPARC I, it seems even
>>> slower than Solaris 7.
>>>
>>> If you are going to try linux, try Debian Woody. Its the only one I have
>>> found which seems to install relatively cleanly. Even Sarge seems to
>>> have problems.
>> If you're trying older Linux releases, watch out for the crippling
>> memory management bug on the sun4c. It makes the system useless, you'll
>> need a kernel with that fixed. ISTR I hit this problem with Debian 2.2.
>>
>>
>>> Forget SunOS unless your doing the antique computer thing. its very slow.
>> Actually SunOS 4 isn't slow at all on the class of machine we're
>> talking about -- it's feels similar to, or even faster in general than
>> the more recent releases of NetBSD. It's a nice unbloated BSD.
>>
> 
> I put 2 NICs in one of our IPCs, and used it as the office router/firewall for
> years.  Sunos 2.7, no speed problems..
> 
> 
> 				Ted
I've found OpenBSD to be very good for old sparc boxes. I run them 
headless, usually as mail or web servers. The IPC is particularly slow, 
but it manages to some light mail and web duties. I've installed both 
OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.7 on the IPC without any trouble. I haven't tried any 
other versions yet.