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Old 01-16-2008, 09:18 AM
Chris Newport
 
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Default Re: Which version/OS to install on Netra i20 (SS20)/22

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


An interesting machine, AFAIK it is based on the Sparc 20.
Splack Linux http://www.splack.org/ should work OK but
has not been tested on your machine.

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