Thanks Adrian! I've gotten the new machine up with few problems not covered in your document.
I've got the following error messages: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3 Can I add the following: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Sid-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ Sid/updates main contrib non-free ##### SOURCE deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Sid-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ Sid/updates main contrib non-free or will it blow things up? Rod On 11/14/2016 9:51 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 11/14/2016 04:34 PM, rod wrote: >> Thanks for the quick response. Now I know how my day is going to go. I >> think I have another functioning machine which I will put a fresh >> install on and investigate packages and migrate from old to new. >> >> I now the information on how to do this is within the list so I'll dig >> around and see if I can consolidate it into one document. (Wish me luck!) > > I wrote a small guide which should help you getting Debian/sparc64 installed: > >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2016/06/msg00126.html > > Adrian >