thanks very much for the info, but after further research on my part i have 
decided to give the SUSE 7.3 sparc64 version a try, that is if i can get all 
5 disks before i die! know of a fast mirror? :~D

slr

On Tuesday 18 June 2002 02:02 pm, Kyle O'Malley wrote:
> The i686 disk has install stages 1-3 on the disk, they must be refering to
> the fact that if you build and compile starting from stage1 you can have a
> working system on any i386+ while stage3 has everything precompiled but
> only supports i686+.
>
> The last version I needed to install from was 1.1, which only included a
> i386 kernel to install from, I can't see how they'd some how muck install
> kernels for two diff architectures onto one cd (not to mention I doubt the
> el torito boodable cd standardworks on sparc machines).
>
> -Kyle
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:38:56AM -0700, slr wrote:
> > good morning plug,
> >
> >                           question for you guys familiar with gentoo. i
> > noticed they sell a SPARC version, but i also noticed this statement:
> >
> > SPARC CDs for $3.75 USD apiece, and donating 20% of their profits from
> > Gentoo sales to the Gentoo Linux project! :) Note that the i686 CD will
> > allow a build from scratch for *all* systems, but also has pre-built
> > stuff for i686+ CPUs.
> >
> > the Note states that the i686 will allow a build from scratch on *all*
> > systems, does that include the Ultra Sparc II? i want to try gentoo on my
> > Ultra 5, because i have to many stability issues with MDK 7.1 corp.
> > server and i dont like working with Solaris 8. so gentoo sounds like a
> > great alternative for bringing new life to an over priced desktop.
> >
> > slr
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