Re: Linux on an SGI Challenge L

[ralf@uni-koblenz.de]

On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 08:59:11AM -0700, Steven G. Parker wrote:

> On Dec 10,  4:36pm, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Linux on an SGI Challenge L
> > On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 03:47:19PM -0600, Andrew R. Baker wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone care to make any comments on porting Linux to an SGI Challenge L
> > > machine w/ (4) R4400 processors?  Am I crazy to even attempt this?
> >
> > You're not crazy, after all Linux is already running on bigger iron and
> > about to run on Sun's E10000.  However you should checkout again what
> > hardware you actually have on your system.  A Challenge L is mostly like
> > an Indy (which is supported), that is strictly uniprocessor.  So
> > your system either is not a multiprocessor system or not a Challenge L.
> 
> Actually, the Indy system is a Challenge S.  The Indigo^2 system is
> a Challenge M.   The Challenge L is the desk-side system and can indeed
> support multiple processors.
> 
> I can only comment on the model line - not on whether you are crazy or not :)

Sorry, I'm out of my mind since the big flu knocked me down during
last weekend's CLOWN cluster event.  I was actually thinking
Challenge S.

 Ralf  (Going back to Asprine and hot tee ...)