From: Mitchum Dsouza (mitch@spuddy.uucp)
Date: 07/09/93


From: mitch@spuddy.uucp (Mitchum Dsouza)
Subject: Re: [Q] linux(386) on a net of Sparcs
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 11:07:37 GMT


cort@sphinx.cs.nmt.edu (Cort) asks:
>
> How successful have people been on putting a linux machine on
> a network using sparcs for file servers, NIS etc. I don't even know what
> kind of ethernet cards work well. I couldn't find a whole lot of info
> on the subject in the FAQ.
>
> Any suggestions/comments/anecdotes would be greatly appreciated.
> Please mail me any responses...Thanks in advance.
>

Yup its running fine here. (linux.mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk) on a network of Sparcs,
DEC's, NeXT's, Mac's, PC's-NFS.

I am running the automounter, nfs, ftpmail, sendmail, NIS etc just fine on my
linux machine.

Mitch

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