Hello Chris, On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 11:00:25AM +0000, Chris wrote: > I know Debian 7 is unsupported on Sparc and that bugs won't be fixed, > but I don't care. Once the OS is installed and stable, I really don't > need or expect support or patches. Apart from adding a few packages, > nothing is likely to change. All i'm looking for is a stable > OS to run on Sparc h/w, with a gui. I would be quite happy with Sol > 10, but Oracle support licenses are too expensive. > Old it may be, but even Squeeze is pretty stable. Just wanted to try > out a later version and afaics, 7.10 was the last supported stable > release.
if netbooting is an option for you, installation report https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=757787 may help you. Probably the mentioned netbooting stuff is already moved to an debian archive after the official end of wheezy support now. Good luck, greetings Hermann -- Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg IWR; INF 205; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-14405 Fax: -14427 Email: hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de