Re: Linux on a SparcServer 4/490?

Anton Blanchard (anton@progsoc.uts.edu.au)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 21:46:43 +1000

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> I recently obtained a Sun SparcServer 4/490. I suspect Linux won't
> boot on this monster? Will it ever?
>
> It should boot and work just fine. There is no support for VME
> devices yet, but SBUS device support is there.

Hey Dave he said 4/490 not 4/690 :)

4/490 is sun4 architecture and at the moment only the 4/300 series works.
If the sun3 people merge in their VME SCSI stuff then all that is needed is
to support the worlds worst mmu.

Anton

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