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will Ubuntu run on Silicon Graphics server hardware?

Asked by Robert Aitchison

I have an old Silicon Graphics Origin server (running IRIX). Will any Ubuntu server versions run on this platform?

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Andy Ferguson (teknostatik) said : 		#1

I believe they used the MIPS chipset, which went out of production a while ago (2004 maybe?). There was some work being done with Debian in this area, but not Ubuntu. http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ is the only information I can find about it.

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Andy

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Robert Aitchison (robert-aitchison-explora) said : 		#2

Thanks Andy, I suspected the answer would be no but thanks for the lead on
Debian.

Best regards,

Rob

On 20/06/2009 08:32, "Andy Ferguson" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Your question #74762 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/74762
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Andy Ferguson proposed the following answer:
> I believe they used the MIPS chipset, which went out of production a
> while ago (2004 maybe?). There was some work being done with Debian in
> this area, but not Ubuntu. http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ is the only
> information I can find about it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy

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Best Wim (launchpad-xs4all) said : 		#3

Andy,

perhaps a little suggestion:
Xubuntu is the Ubuntu-version that runs the light weight XFCE-desktop, and is less Hardware consuming than the other Ubuntu-tastes...

You could try to download a Xubuntu-version with a life-CD on it;
boot your SGO-server from the CD, run the life-version (which is not using your hard disks), and test several programs...

If this is not working, then probably no Ubuntu-version will run well on your SGO-server...

You could also search the launchpad-site for Silicon Graphics
http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ ...

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Robert Aitchison (robert-aitchison-explora) said : 		#4

Thanks Menting, I'll give it a try.