Michael Worsham wrote: > Long ago, there was a CentOS build for Sparc under version 4.2 Beta. I > checked for the torrents for either the DVD and CD binary or source isos, > but no one is seeding that anymore as well. The old Sparc 4.2 beta repo was > found here: http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.2beta/isos/sparc/ ... but that > doesn't have enough information to even attempt a netinstall or a tftp/rarpd > boot/install. > > Then just recently, I saw this CentOS announcement/post: > > "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.2 for the > i386 and x86_64 Architectures. [...] Further Arch support for PowerPC, IA64 > and Sparc are planned and will be released soon. These arch's will follow > the existing pattern of release to Beta first, and then to Final." > > Reference: > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-June/014999.html > > So, my question is... when is a Sparc beta release going to be available for > 5.x? > There is a very alpha release here: http://sparc.centos.org/ However, the code base and gcc/glibc (even for c5) is old and not so stable for sparc. That is based on 5.1 code ... I will be trying to build for 5.2 soon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20080807/079e8a32/attachment-0007.sig>