[OpenIndiana-discuss] Prerelease version of OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04 for SPARC available for testing

[Tony Brian Albers]

Volker A. Brandt wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> 
> A new prerelease version of OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04 for SPARC is
> available for testing.  The ISO image can be downloaded here:
> 
>    https://dlc.openindiana.aurora-opencloud.org/SPARC/
> 
> The corresponding IPS repository is here:
> 
>    https://pkg.openindiana.aurora-opencloud.org/oi-sparc/
> 
> There are a few issues during installation, so be sure to read the file
> 
>    OpenIndiana_Text_SPARC_06_2021.README
> 
> available in the download area above.
> 
> Note that this is not an official release of the OpenIndiana project.
> With your help, it could become one!
> 
> This prerelease is intended to provide a base for further development and
> testing.  In particular, the next step will be to make OpenIndiana for
> SPARC self-hosting using gcc7.  This is a fair amount of work yet.
> 
> The prerelease can be installed on a wide range of SPARC-based servers
> and workstations, both on bare metal and in an LDOM.   However, it is
> not yet possible to run a full desktop.
> 
> We would be happy to hear installation reports!
> 
> If you have questions, suggestions, or bug reports, please send an email
> to openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org or join the #openindiana IRC
> channel on libera.chat.
> 
> Many thanks to all who contributed!  The heavy lifting was done by Klaus
> Ziegler, with help from Toomas Soome, Andreas Wacknitz, Olaf Bohlen, Gary
> Mills, Peter Tribble, Till Wegmüller, and many others.  Thanks to Till
> for hosting both the download files and the repository!
> 
> 
> Have fun using OpenIndiana for SPARC!
> 
> 
> Best regards -- Volker
> 


So cool! Thanks for the effort!

/tony

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