On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Brian K. White <brian@aljex.com> wrote:
Equinox port servers (old hardware, no longer updated by manufacturer, you can buy me new portservers that will have new systemd compatible software if you don't want to hack the stuff for the old port servers.)
Digiboard port servers (old hardware, no longer updated by manufacturer, you can buy me new portservers that will have new systemd compatible software if you don't want to hack the stuff for the old port servers.)
Cyclades port servers (Manufacturer no longer exists, no option to buy a new updated replacement, since it has features other don't)
<snip etc etc> Serious question... If you're trying to life-support ancient hardware (lots of companies are in this situation), why are you installing the very latest Linux release? Why aren't these systems running on something like Solaris instead (just as an example)? Solaris has a much longer update support cycle than the leading release of openSUSE (openSUSE update support is measured in just a few months instead of years like Solaris). Update security patch support is the only reason I can think of why you'd be trying to install openSUSE12.2 on old hardware like you listed. I've had to life-support old hardware, and never tried to run the latest and greatest Linux on the systems (we went with Solaris... which is why I listed it here as an example)... With hardware so old that the companies that made the equipment no longer exist and there is zero upgrade/replacement path leaves you in a bit of a risky position. This hardware will not last forever... just like software does not last forever (remember Harvard Graphics? Lotus 123 etc). I'd think that trying to shoehorn openSUSE 12.2 onto these systems is the least of your worries. :-P With old hardware, sometimes the latest OS (regardless of who produces it) is the proverbial square peg in a round hole... C. -- openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, KDE 4.9.0 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org