<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi, Amedee! Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:c2a4e8b28ea73efe65e428e05bd56605.squirrel@amedee.be" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Since we're still talking about 64bit in general, not AMD/Intel specific, let's talk about SPARC. I'm not yet hijacking. :-) </pre> </blockquote> Hehe... I did mention SPARC earlier on... :) So fair game. <blockquote cite="mid:c2a4e8b28ea73efe65e428e05bd56605.squirrel@amedee.be" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I have an Sun UltraSPARC 5 since a couple of weeks. Unfortunately without keyboard or mouse (will have to look on ebay) but at least it has a standard VGA adapter. Looks like it boots properly. At the moment it is only collecting dust. </pre> </blockquote> It's an OLD machine... <blockquote cite="mid:c2a4e8b28ea73efe65e428e05bd56605.squirrel@amedee.be" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Would it be possible to install Ubuntu on it? Yes of course, but without keyboard or mouse? Sounds like a challenge... :-) </pre> </blockquote> You could try Ubuntu SPARC on it... but... it doesn't have video drivers anyway... it's just a server build. And it's really tuned for our UltraSPARC T1 and T2 (aka Niagara) multi-threading chips... And these machines are OLD... they don't yet support USB mice and keyboards... you need a real Sun keyboard and mouse... Where are you in Belgium? Anywhere near Brussels? You could connect a machine with a VTxxx emulator on the serial port and do the installation from the serial console... that will work. You might need a DB25-to-RS45 converter (don't remember what serial port connector is on the Ultra5). <blockquote cite="mid:c2a4e8b28ea73efe65e428e05bd56605.squirrel@amedee.be" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Or should I just install some (Open)Solaris on it?</pre> </blockquote> You can try. OpenSolaris for SPARC is still VERY early. Installing it will require a network install server somewhere on your net... and that doesn't solve the mouse and keyboard problem anyway. Solaris 10 is a better bet but is getting old (i.e. STABLE - some of our customers will say). If you want a more recent build (like the OpenSolaris features), then try SolarisExpress which works nicely on SPARC, at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sol_ex_dvd_1/">http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sol_ex_dvd_1/</a> (yeah, it's a big DVD with everything on it). Note that it might not support your older Ultra5... I know they drew the line somewhere... but don't remember the details. Gilles. </body> </html>