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imckee
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 Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject: Gentoo on Tadpole SparcLE Laptops? |
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Hi Everyone,
I had some fun with some pizzabox Sparcstations last year, but I haven't played with Sparc machines in a while, and I've never tried to throw Gentoo on one. I might be in a position to get a Tadpole SparcLE Notebook like the ones here:
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/html/products/mobile/sparcle/purchase.html
Does anyone have any experience putting Gentoo on these? Is it possible? I've been running Gentoo on an intel laptop for the last 6 months -- would switching to a sparc notebook be a huge hurdle?
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stonent
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Make sure about the prom version. It should not be higher than 4.5.9 for linux to install.
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stonent
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I would have liked a list of the PCI devices that were inside the system. Specifically wireless. (Visions of hijacking their wireless drivers to use on a desktop system using the same card)
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Were you ever able to install Gentoo on your SparcLE? I just got one and would like to install Gentoo on it but I'm not sure if it will work.
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imckee
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I received the sparc LE laptop last week, (seller and I were in different parts of the world for a bit) and I evaluated it as a daily use machine.
Result of my evaluation: This thing has a leafblower motor in it for cooling purposes. Too loud!
I ebayed it. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3459406064 |
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grega99
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So I take it you never installed Gentoo on it? Do you think I could install it?
I actually won mine from a contest that Tadpole had so I can't complain too much, but I do agree on the leafblower. Maybe I'll name it that.
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imckee
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Stonent probably knows more about this than I do (see his post above). I never tried putting gentoo on it. 
If you can get past the tornado-inducing fans I'm sure it would make a great gentoo box! |
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jesus_phreak
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I've got one and I tried to boot the 2005.1 LiveCD and it stopped at
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clock_probe: Cannot find timer chip
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OBP version is 4.0.207, which must be mod'd by Tadpole 'cause Sun's OBP don't have version numbers that long in the third place. |
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