24 Sep
2004
24 Sep
'04
1:19 a.m.
Would anyone here HAPPEN to know of any yum repositories for Aurora Linux
(Sparc flavor, 1.0 is based on RH 7.3, 1.9x is based on Fedora)?
I've been looking for a repository for upgrading my 1.0 installation to
the latest 1.91/1.92, but I cannot find an up-to-date repository. 8(
(For anyone that's curious, I'm running Aurora on my Sparc Ultra60...)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...
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Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com
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26 Sep
6:58 p.m.
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William,
As fate would have it, I just got my hands on an old Sparc. Thanks to
your mail I found a distro. While perusing the FAQ though I think I
found a pointer to your question. There is an up2date sever and
directions at: http://current-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/
I hope it works for you. Here hoping I can even get a prompt :)
Thanks
Brian
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:19:41 -0400 (EDT), Bill Smith
<wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote:
Would anyone here HAPPEN to know of any yum
repositories for Aurora Linux
(Sparc flavor, 1.0 is based on RH 7.3, 1.9x is based on Fedora)?
I've been looking for a repository for upgrading my 1.0 installation to
the latest 1.91/1.92, but I cannot find an up-to-date repository. 8(
(For anyone that's curious, I'm running Aurora on my Sparc Ultra60...)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...
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William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com
Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com
"Uncouple faith from truth altogether, and bad things
can happen. People come to believe without truth, and
then the truth becomes something nobody will believe."
-- Charles P. Pierce (in 'The Truth About Polygraphs',
2003/10/03 edition of Boston Globe Magazine, p18)
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:58:15 -0400
Brian Waite <linwoes(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As fate would have it, I just got my hands on an old
Sparc. Thanks to
your mail I found a distro. While perusing the FAQ though I think I
found a pointer to your question. There is an up2date sever and
directions at: http://current-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/
I hope it works for you. Here hoping I can even get a prompt :)
At http://www.auroralinux.org there is a page that walks one through the upgrade process,
step-by-step. It even uses Yum.
As it happens, WPI has their aurora path yum-ified, so I was able to use that... It's
on angus.ind.wpi.edu .... <g>
I finally had the time to sit through the whole ordeal, which took a little longer than I
would have liked (mostly because important things came up, like interacting with my kids.
:) ), but the process was pretty-well documented.
Barring any serious problems, it's fairly simple, though time-consuming. If anyone
has a SPARC system lying about, you may be interested in playing with this. It's
worth a look.
For the un-initiated, here's how the Aurora version numbers compare to Red Hat:
Aurora version Red Hat version
1.0 7.3
1.91 Fedora Core 1
1.92 Fedora Core 2
I understand from the mailing list that Aurora 2.0 is in the works, which will be bassed
on FC3.
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William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com
Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com
"You have to take a speed-yawning course to get through
some of this stuff" -- Dan Rather, on the 2004
Democratic National Convention
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