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How to install ubuntu on a Sun SPARC system?

Asked by DWIGHT A. NEWPORT

I want to know how to install ubuntu on a Sun Sparc Ultra 60 (unix) system? Is it possible and how do i get the software,etc.?

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subliminalfix (na1tr2lp-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

you wuld want to first check your system perameter at

http://www.ubuntu.com/

or check on available down load at

sudo apt-get update

which should bring you here

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#2

Ubuntu has special version for Sparc computers, look here -- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Sparc

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DWIGHT A. NEWPORT (dwight85) said : 		#3

THIS WOULD PROBABLY WORK, BUT I CANNOT GET THE SUN SPARC ON LINE TO TRY! I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BOOTABLE CD TO BOOT UP AND INSTALL UBUNTU ON MY SUN! IS THIS POSSIBLE! I AM NOT VERY UNIX LITERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Something related -> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=414787

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=146&order=desc&page=11

Hope this helps

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