Thanks to DaveM, UltraSPARC III+ systems are now supported. I've put up new boot images just for this purpose, URL for them is below. There's a bit of a catch, until new packages settle into Debian's stable release, so follow closely:
Download either the netinst.iso (not tested, yet, but should work) for CD boots, or sun4u/tftpboot.img for network boots. Don't even try a floppy boot. It wont work. The sun4u/rescue.bin is 2.88megs, but even if you do manage to somehow force it onto a 1.44meg floppy (stranger things have happened), it's not even bootable. http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/ Remember to use this same URL for when the installation asks where to download the kernel/drivers. Once you have installed the system, before rebooting, follow these steps: 1) Select the "Execute shell" option in the installation 2) # chroot /target /bin/sh 3) # wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/silo/silo_1.2.5-2_sparc.deb 4) # dpkg -i silo_1.2.5-2_sparc.deb 5) # rm silo_1.2.5-2_sparc.deb Now exit out back to the install. Now, you can reboot. This is where syncing the dist comes in. The new silo (needed for cheetah+) wont be moved from proposed-updates to woody until 3.0r1 (which should be real soon). So in the meantime, this bit of manual installation is needed so that the new system will actually boot up. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/