From: Joerg Stoepel < j.stoe...@marketingsystems.de>
Subject: Linux / Solaris /NT on Dual Pentium ?
Date: 1996/11/21
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Hello out there,
There is a little chance, that I get at work a Dual Pentium with 96MB, 2x4GB
SCSI, CDROM etc. all one is dreaming of ! It has installed a 2.4 Version of
Solaris, it shall be a NT server and I wish to exchange Solaris with Linux.
The Harddisks are full of data, there is an (unknown DAT) tape, the data
must be preserved.
- Can I run Linux on a dual P166 ? If Yes which version
- Can I preserve the Harddisks, can I access them from Linux (get a3rd disk)
- Can I use LILO, NT Bootmanager to switch the OS
- Is there a chance to run Solaris apps under Linux ?
(there is WABI, Informix, Motif)
I'll have to do some development, maybe Fortran (yes, that's a high price
for the machine), all things that can be done with Linux.
The machine will be integrated in our company's network (NT-based, but with
TCP/IP and some direct access to our ISP)
Before I start grabbing, any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks Joerg
From: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: Linux / Solaris /NT on Dual Pentium ?
Date: 1996/11/23
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In article <1.5.4.32.19961121090743.00664...@mail.arkaden.net>,
Joerg Stoepel < j.stoe...@marketingsystems.de> wrote:
>- Can I run Linux on a dual P166 ? If Yes which version
Yes. 2.0.2x kernels are probably the best to run. You install the system
normally, set SMP=1 in /usr/src/linux/Makefile and compile an SMP kernel
[No vendor seems to ship prebuilt SMP kernels]
>- Can I preserve the Harddisks, can I access them from Linux (get a3rd disk)
NT data read only yes. Im not sure what fs Solaris uses. And they should
all share a disk in different partitions. For NT you'll need to get the
NTFS module.
>- Can I use LILO, NT Bootmanager to switch the OS
Yes
>- Is there a chance to run Solaris apps under Linux ?
> (there is WABI, Informix, Motif)
Only a few. You can get Motif for Linux, and WABI for Linux too.
>I'll have to do some development, maybe Fortran (yes, that's a high price
>for the machine), all things that can be done with Linux.
Fortran is free. GNU fortran, also f2c+gcc
Alan
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