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Linux On Solbourne?

Posted by Cliff on from the making-that-desktop-paperweight-useful dept.

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..."

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  1. Fraid you're out of luck with Linux, but... by isaac · · Score: 3
    ...you might have better luck with netbsd or openbsd, if your Solbournes are the sun4c/sun4m compatible models. If they're not, then you're REALLY out of luck. There just aren't enough of these machine in the hands of free OS developers.

    -Isaac

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    I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. For Entertainment Purposes Only.
    1. Re:Fraid you're out of luck with Linux, but... by mini+me · · Score: 2

      There just aren't enough of these machine in the hands of free OS developers.

      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?