Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

[Meelis Roos]

Has anyone had any sucess running Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 (or HR/6U
if that matters)? This is a up to 6-way PPro SMP machine,
http://www.unimetrix.com/hr6.html is the best description I have.

Any other Aquanta?

I'm weighing whether it's worth to get one cheaply.

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Re: Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

[Alan Cox]

On Llu, 2003-04-14 at 09:20, Meelis Roos wrote:
> Has anyone had any sucess running Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 (or HR/6U
> if that matters)? This is a up to 6-way PPro SMP machine,
> http://www.unimetrix.com/hr6.html is the best description I have.

I can't help thinking a single AMD duron would outrun it. 

For Linux support the big thing you need to know is if the system
is "Intel MP 1.1/1.4 compliant".  A lot of the ppro boxes were,
but 6 ways can be a bit strange (the ALR 6x6 does work )

Re: Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

[Marc Zyngier]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

Alan> I can't help thinking a single AMD duron would outrun it. 

Sure... But a Duron doesn't have the "collness factor" such a box has.
And look, it has EISA slots ! Damned, I really want one now ! ;-)

        M. (trying to rescue an old EISA-only Compaq box... :-)
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Re: Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

[Meelis Roos]

> For Linux support the big thing you need to know is if the system
> is "Intel MP 1.1/1.4 compliant".  A lot of the ppro boxes were,
> but 6 ways can be a bit strange (the ALR 6x6 does work )

Meanwhile it has been hinted that ALR 6x6 and this box actually use the
same mainboard, co-developed by ALR and Unisys:
http://www.newfangled.san-jose.ca.us/ALR Revolution 6x6/alr.html

So it may actually run Linux. The peripherals are supported.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)

Re: Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ?

[Pasi Pirhonen]

On 14 Apr 2003 13:27:09 +0100, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Llu, 2003-04-14 at 09:20, Meelis Roos wrote:
>> Has anyone had any sucess running Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 (or HR/6U
>> if that matters)? This is a up to 6-way PPro SMP machine,
>> http://www.unimetrix.com/hr6.html is the best description I have.
> 
> I can't help thinking a single AMD duron would outrun it. 

Absolutely true, but you cannot afford to have 4-way 2+Ghz P4 Xeon at
home easily. Those are cheap machines to get more that 2-way SMP for
tweaking with scalability. I have 2 quad-PPRO 'in my collection' and
those are the 'pearls of it'. One that i'd really like to have is that
8-way NCR WorldMark PPRO, but those are rare (i have spotted one tho,
but it's still on production).

Heck. Now we (i) am talking about these babies, i even have 3-way P166
SMP machine which is working just fine :)

Still, when we talk about compiling kernel and like, i prefer 2Ghz
athlon or something over quad-PPRO as it's still running loops around
any old stuff while compiling.

> 
> For Linux support the big thing you need to know is if the system
> is "Intel MP 1.1/1.4 compliant".  A lot of the ppro boxes were,
> but 6 ways can be a bit strange (the ALR 6x6 does work )
> 

Aquanta should be exactly 6x6 motherboard w/ different BIOS.


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