Re: SGI 320 and 540 Workstations

Alan Olsen (alano@adams.pcx.ncd.com)
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:38:29 -0800


On Mar 1, 2:57pm, Chris Hirsch wrote:
> Subject: SGI 320 and 540 Workstations
> Does anybody know if the new SGI Workstations that are based upon the
> Intel processors work with Linux? I'm assuming that the basic hardware
> will work fine but because of the proprietary video it won't do X. If this
> is true does anybody know the timeframes we're talking about before Linux
> is supported?

Yes, they are supported. (The current kernel has options for the new SGIs
specifically.)

Not certain on X support. SGI has said that they will be supporting Linux on
that box however.

-- 
Alan Olsen        "Carpe Aptenodytes!"
alano@ncd.com

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