SuSE Linux: Version 7.0
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux.
Some of the information in this article may be outdated.
Also, some links may not be valid.
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/suse-us-sparc/
or one of its mirrors
http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/
For questions concerning the availability of the distribution via NFS or SMBFS, please refer to the following article: . http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/lmuelle_suselinux_internet.html. In addition, a manual is also included on the CDs.
There is a mailing list on the SPARC distribution called "suse-sparc@suse.com". You can subscribe at:
http://www.suse.de/en/support/mailinglists/index.html
List of supported machines:
Architecture Name 32-bit systems Sun4c SPARCstation SLC (4/20) SPARCstation ELC (4/25) SPARCstation IPC (4/40) SPARCstation IPX (4/50) SPARCstation/server 1 (4/60) SPARCstation/server 1+ (4/65) SPARCstation/server 2 (4/75)
Even though kernel developers classify all sun4c systems as 'critical', they should work.
Sun4m SPARCclassic SPARCstation LC (4/15) SPARCstation LX (4/30) SPARCstation 4 SPARCstation/server 5 (70, 85, and 110 MHz) SPARCstation/server 10 (with most MBUS processor cards) SPARCstation/server 20 (with most MBUS processor cards) Sun4d SPARCcenter 2000 64-bit systems Sun4u Ultra1, Ultra2, Ultra1 Creator, Ultra2 Creator UltraSPARC PCI-based workstations: Ultra30, AXe, AXi, AXmp, Ultra5, Ultra10, Ultra60 UltraSPARC SBUS-based servers: Enterprise 1, 2, 150 UltraSPARC SBUS-based mainframes: Enterprise 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 6000, 6500 UltraSPARC PCI-based servers: Enterprise 250, 450
In addition, the following MBUS modules are supported:
The model SPARCstation 5 with 170 MHz has not been officially released for Linux by the kernel developers yet. Problems are very likely to arise with this machine and thus, we cannot guarantee that SuSE Linux runs on it.
At present, SuSE Linux cannot be installed on the following machine generations: