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Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse/Suse 10 on a Sun Fire X4100/4200
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:42:42 +0100
- Message-id: <m3r79wvdu5.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Carlos <dubbsix@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Why not run Solaris on it?
Is there a 64-bit x86-64 Solaris that runs on AMD64 machines? AFAIR
the Sun Fire is such a machine...
> --- Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sun certifies SLES9 on it, but that's a bit on the
>> old side.
>>
>> Are there any known features that aren't supported?
>> Has anyone done this?
>>
>> Any feedback on a possible load like this?
Should work - but with SLES you get a longer lifetime (7 years instead
of 2), maintenance, certifications etc. If you don't need those, you
can try 10.0,
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
> Why not run Solaris on it?
Is there a 64-bit x86-64 Solaris that runs on AMD64 machines? AFAIR
the Sun Fire is such a machine...
> --- Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sun certifies SLES9 on it, but that's a bit on the
>> old side.
>>
>> Are there any known features that aren't supported?
>> Has anyone done this?
>>
>> Any feedback on a possible load like this?
Should work - but with SLES you get a longer lifetime (7 years instead
of 2), maintenance, certifications etc. If you don't need those, you
can try 10.0,
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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