In article <ct7iel$ia6$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg>, Ronnie Corny wrote:

>I've got a Netra i22 (Dual CPU SSparc 75) with 256MB RAM and 9GB HDD... It's
>now running Solaris 7 Server.

An uncommon machine indeed. Don't see many around at all.

>Is Sol7 Server the best for this ancient dinosaur? or is 8 or 9 better?

>I understand 10 won't work at all with SuperSPARC...

No, Solaris 10 requires UltraSPARC II CPUs, which Sun handles by stating
CPUs faster than 200Mhz.

>How about Linux? since it's dual proc, I don't think BSD is the answer.

Not on SPARC hardware. If you want an open-source platform for that
machine, try OpenBSD - works quite nicely.

>This is just to run some small DNS (BIND) for 8 or 9 hosts servicing minimal
>requests, SMTP (sendmail) and http (apache). Currently, am running a
>linux-based 486PC to host these services.

The SPARC will kick the legs off the 486 in real terms for that job.

>Any advice would be welcome.

Enjoy your unusual machine, and consider getting your hands on an
UltraSPARC based machine - they really get work done.

--
Andre.

Email: andre at africa dot purplecow dot org.