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| kimo | Hi, is there any guide on installing (better dual booting) ubuntu on sparc?? | 10:16 |
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| fabbione | kimo: not really.. just install :) | 10:23 |
| kimo | u're the kernel guy, right | 10:26 |
| fabbione | no | 10:26 |
| fabbione | i am the sparc guy | 10:27 |
| kimo | I just heard fabbione "head of ubuntu kernel team" or somthing like that! | 10:27 |
| fabbione | that was a release ago | 10:27 |
| kimo | wow, does it change that fast! | 10:27 |
| fabbione | yes | 10:27 |
| fabbione | it was 6 months ago | 10:27 |
| fabbione | things change fast | 10:28 |
| kimo | well, it still is a pleasure talking to you ;) | 10:28 |
| fabbione | :) | 10:28 |
| kimo | so, if I want to install ubuntu on a sparc machine ... there are zero docs ? | 10:28 |
| kimo | I am *very* well experienced with Linux | 10:28 |
| kimo | but very new to sparc machines & solaris | 10:29 |
| fabbione | kimo: i usually suggest netboot/netinstall | 10:29 |
| fabbione | that means rarpd+tftpd | 10:29 |
| kimo | oops, that's the shit I know nothing about right? | 10:29 |
| fabbione | the same docs you find for debian or any other distro are valid for ubuntu | 10:29 |
| fabbione | there is no real difference | 10:29 |
| kimo | I use boot.img to 'netboot' ? | 10:30 |
| fabbione | hmm yes | 10:30 |
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| kimo | so how good/stable is ubuntu on sparc? | 10:30 |
| fabbione | http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/install/sparc/ | 10:30 |
| fabbione | these should be fairly up-to-date | 10:31 |
| kimo | thnx a million | 10:31 |
| fabbione | np | 10:33 |
| kimo | I will probably be installing on a (ultra10 machine, not sure of the name though). Does hardware drivers come with the system? | 10:53 |
| fabbione | yes there are no binary/proprietary drivers for sparc | 10:53 |
| fabbione | only for one scsi controller and one gfx you need the firmware | 10:53 |
| fabbione | but it's not U10 business :) | 10:54 |
| fabbione | u10 should work out of the box | 10:54 |
| kimo | who writes these drivers! | 10:55 |
| kimo | regular Linux hackers | 10:55 |
| kimo | or with help from Sun | 10:55 |
| fabbione | <kimo> regular Linux hackers <- | 10:55 |
| kimo | incredible! | 10:56 |
| kimo | Since Linux has an army of devs, this kinda makes sense, but I don't understand how solaris x86 also manages to write drivers for 'PC' hardware! | 10:57 |
| kimo | I mean Solarisx86 has only been about for a few years | 10:57 |
| fabbione | SUN has money... | 10:58 |
| fabbione | anyway i am heading to sleep | 10:58 |
| fabbione | good night | 10:58 |
| kimo | thanks a lot man ... | 10:58 |
| kimo | I am really honored | 10:58 |
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