On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 09:50:37AM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote: > > > BTW, why would anyone install the Debian on Suns if the machines come > > with > > Solaris right out the boxes? The only reason I'm asking about Debian on > > Sun is that I think it's an interesting alternative since the Classic > > where I have an access to doesn't have Solaris on it (the CDs I mean). > > I've been trying to get a Sun sparc machine for myself, with the only > purpose of installing Debian/Linux into it. I don't know why I should > have it working only with Solaris if I could make it run with Linux. > > On another list someone said he had got one sparc station, with no media > in it, and no OS installed. Anyone knows how could this guy have > Debian installed? (surely via internet, but as I said there's no system > installed, and no floppy or cd drive).
You'll need to read the install text on setting up a tftp server and an nfs export of the needed files. Ben
