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Hi, I'm new to Linux system
can somebody teach me how to do the setting to connect my syste
(Ultra 5) to network

Thank yo

ckang wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Linux system,
> can somebody teach me how to do the setting to connect my system
> (Ultra 5) to network.

Linux? :-)

ckang wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Linux system,

Which GNU/Linux distro do you use?


> can somebody teach me how to do the setting to connect my system
> (Ultra 5) to network.

On my Ultra10 I just have edited my /etc/conf.d/net to have the ip-number and
set the default gateway and then I have seen to that the /etc/init.d/net.eth0
is started during bootup, but of course that may differ from how things are
configured and setup on the distro you have chosen to install, usually this is
documented at the distros homepage or documentation that are on the install CDs.


It could be easier to get help if you ask your question in a linux newgroup,
one specially for your distro or a more general like alt.linux



//Aho

ckang wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Linux system,
> can somebody teach me how to do the setting to connect my system
> (Ultra 5) to network.
>
> Thank you
>
Why are you using Linux on an UltraSPARC based Sun? Whilst it can be
done, Linux distos on SPARC architecture are well behind them on Intel
x86. Redhat for example ceased development years ago on SPARC. There are
some that will run, including Redhat, but it is not a good thing to
start learning.

I think if you are new to Linux, you should learn it on a PC or one of
the newer x86 based Suns such as the Ultra 20. There is *very* little to
be gained by learning it on a Sun SPARC.

If you want to use your Ultra 5, then put Solaris on it. Solaris 10 (the
latest) is a free download

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/

That is much more sensible.

Note, some of the later Suns, like the Ultra 20, have x86 processors
(AMD, possibly others) and these are well suited for Linux, but the
Ultra 5 (SPARC processor) is not.


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Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> ckang wrote:
>> Hi, I'm new to Linux system,
>> can somebody teach me how to do the setting to connect my system
>> (Ultra 5) to network.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
> Why are you using Linux on an UltraSPARC based Sun? Whilst it can be
> done, Linux distos on SPARC architecture are well behind them on Intel
> x86. Redhat for example ceased development years ago on SPARC. There are
> some that will run, including Redhat, but it is not a good thing to
> start learning.

There are still many distros that give support to Sparc (both 32bit and 64bit)
and one reason to use linux on Sparc can be the slowness of the Solaris.

All the hardware in an U5 is supported today in linux, so there aren't any
problems there. The GNU suet is there too and many other apps works more or
less too, whet don't work don't work under Solaris either.


> Note, some of the later Suns, like the Ultra 20, have x86 processors
> (AMD, possibly others) and these are well suited for Linux, but the
> Ultra 5 (SPARC processor) is not.

The U5/10 are one of the most stable Sparc machines when it comes to linux and
I must say I do disagree with you, even if there are better support for things
for x86 arch, that don't make other arches less good to learn linux on. The
more users that uses a arch, the higher likelihood that there will be more
developers for that arch. PPC is passing x86 when it comes to linux
development rate, of course that don't mean that Sparc will become the
mainstream linux arch, but it shows that the x86 dominance ain't as big as it
used to be.

J.O. Aho wrote:

> The U5/10 are one of the most stable Sparc machines when it comes to linux and
> I must say I do disagree with you, even if there are better support for things
> for x86 arch, that don't make other arches less good to learn linux on.

But when you have problems, getting help is going to be harder. The
people on com.sys.sun.hardware will *generally* not know much about
Linux. *Most* people on the Linux newsgroups will not know SPARC.

I don't have a PhD in educational methods, but that hardly seems a good
way to learn something to me. I suspect a better way to learn would be
to put Solaris on the SPARC and learn about Suns. Then put Linux on a PC
and learn about Linux. And *later*, if you want to, then run Linux on
the SPARC.

> The
> more users that uses a arch, the higher likelihood that there will be more
> developers for that arch. PPC is passing x86 when it comes to linux
> development rate, of course that don't mean that Sparc will become the
> mainstream linux arch, but it shows that the x86 dominance ain't as big as it
> used to be.

I take your point, and I have run both NetBSD and Linux on SPARC very
briefly here (only on SS20's I would add).

I would not not suggest someone learn Windows on a Dec Alpha. Of course,
I might say don't bother learning Windows at all.

I guess different people have different ideas, and that makes for
variety, which is a good thing.

--
Dave K

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Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: month-year@domain. Hitting reply will work
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:32:11 +0000,
Dave (from the UK) <see-my-signature@southminster-branch-line.org.uk>, in
<43ce4359@212.67.96.135> wrote:

>+ But when you have problems, getting help is going to be harder. The
>+ people on com.sys.sun.hardware will *generally* not know much about
>+ Linux. *Most* people on the Linux newsgroups will not know SPARC.
>+
>+ I don't have a PhD in educational methods, but that hardly seems a good
>+ way to learn something to me.

Use the right tools for the right problems. I won't disagree with your
first paragraph, but there's more under the Sun than Usenet - tho
there may be specific Linux on SPARC newsgroups. Help can be had here:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f...7772c9690733e4

with installation guides here:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...book-sparc.xml

James
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