Re: [Linux-decnet-user] Supported linux systems?

[Chrissie C. <chr...@go...>]

Nothing is really 'supported' in the sense that you get guaranteed 
response to problems. But if you just want a system that will run DECnet 
then any Linux system will do.

It helps if the distribution ships with the DECnet kernel module, I know 
that Debian and Fedora do and I *think* that SuSE used to. If you have a 
distribution that doesn't then you'll have to build your own kernel. The 
easy way to check for this is just to type "modprobe decnet" in a root 
shell - if it doesn't return an error then off you go :-)

Debian also has the DECnet userspace programs packaged and part of the 
distro and it's moderately easy to set up. As far as I know no other 
distribution does this and there are no 3rd party packages that work. 
Having said that, it's pretty easy to build the software from source.

The FAQ has some details about distriutions, but I'm not sure how 
up-to-date it is, sadly.

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linux-decnet/index.php?title=FAQ6

Chrissie

On 17/06/11 09:33, Bengt Nilsson wrote:
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> What linux flavors are supported for running Decnet?
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> Obvously, Ubuntu seems not supported.
>