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Re: Fixing the Netra i Internet Server from Sun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Wed Apr 17 03:12:19 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:16:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: "James G. Stallings II -- NetAdmin" <zap@kraken.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
cc: Linux-Net Mailinglist <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960415121038.11579A-100000@kraken.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, James G. Stallings II -- NetAdmin wrote:
> We have on our network a Netra i Internet server. It was purchased as
> part of a package from a company in Texas called SabreData. I think it
> was their intent to sell us this machine and then harvest a hefty
> maintenance fee. They did not anticipate the "do-it-yourself"
> resourcefullness of our network administration staff ( me :)
I doubt a version of Linux is ready for prime time on that box...I could
be wrong. Isn't a netra just a sparc with no monitor and no compiler?
What you really probably need is GCC and a large heap of GNU tools to
make tha ta useful system. Check GNU mirrors...I think they usually keep
precomiled GCC et al on hand just for people in your situation.
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