Linux On Solbourne? 9
Corvidae asks: "I recently acquired several (a dozen or so) Solbourne single-processor KAP boxes, sans OS. Unfortunately, in order to use them, I'd need to license OS/MP from Grumman, which costs $800 US per license. I know enough to realize when I'm being screwed, so went looking for a Linux-based OS to run on them. However, the only references I was able to find all indicate that Solbourne support is "on its way" and are all several years old. Does anyone know of a distro that's been tested somewhat recently (even a SWAG would do) to work on Solbourne KAP machines? They're great boxes and I'd hate to see them go to waste for lack of an OS..."
HP compatable? (Score:1)
Google? (Score:1)
Operating systems. [colorado.edu]
The relevant snipping :
What about Other Operating Systems?
Issues
There's some issues that need to be addressed.
KBus
Obviously, this is ground-level work.
KAP Processor
The IDT's KAP processor is a derivative processor that has a lot of Mask Level bug workarounds in OS/MP.
Linux
No Support that i know of. You can obtain more information from the S/Linux FAQ [ultralinux.org]
OpenBSD
No Support that i know of. You can obtain more information from the OpenBSD SPARC support list [openbsd.org]
The OpenBSD changes page [openbsd.org] lists KBus work as being added, but i see nothing else.
OpenBSD 2.2 released (Dec 4, 1997) Addition of 'kbus' port for the Solbourne Series5 sparc-based machines. , 1997) Addition of 'kbus' port for the Solbourne Series5 sparc-based machines.
Fraid you're out of luck with Linux, but... (Score:3)
-Isaac
Hmm... (Score:1)
I checked out the BSD variants, but didn't find any that looked like they'd work. Oh well...
Yah, like Isaac said (Score:1)
Re:You had better hurry up (Score:1)
Re:No on NetBSD (Score:1)
Re:Hmm... (Score:1)
NGTV|3
Re:Fraid you're out of luck with Linux, but... (Score:2)
Maybe you would be willing to give some of these machines away to open source developers? I mean unless you're gonna pay the $800 then they'll be useless to you anyway. I'm sure someone out there would be willing to undergo this project?