UltraSpaec 5 / Install Ubuntu ?

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#1 September 22, 2006

Hello NG,

i have a old SUN Sparc Ultra 5. Can I install Ubuntu here?


hostname@hostname:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : TI UltraSparc IIi
fpu             : UltraSparc IIi integrated FPU
promlib         : Version 3 Revision 25
prom            : 3.25.3
type            : sun4u
ncpus probed    : 1
ncpus active    : 1
Cpu0Bogo        : 799.53
Cpu0ClkTck      : 0000000017d78400
MMU Type        : Spitfire

Bye

airjump

#2 September 22, 2006

airjump said: Hello NG,

i have a old SUN Sparc Ultra 5. Can I install Ubuntu here?

Can you type "sparc ultra" into the search box of this forum?

Yes?

Can you able to read what is said in the search results? Yes, Ubuntu does run on a Sun Ultra 5.

kind regards

Marc

Please do use the forum also for research and not just *dumping off your questions* for someone else to answer.