Re: X on SS20

2004-07-13 Thread Everard Brown
On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 23:58, Torbjörn Olander wrote: > Hello > > I recently aquired a SparcStation 20 with a SM50 CPU module, 64MB RAM > and CG6 framebuffer. I got it running with debian unstable and a custom > 2.6 kernel, but I can't seem to get Xfree86 running (yes, I know it's > slow but i just

Re: Debian on SparcStation 20

2004-07-13 Thread Everard Brown
On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 23:44, Kelly Harding wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Everard Brown wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 21:07, Kelly Harding wrote: > > If you're in or around North or West London, I have a spare keyboard and > > a vga adaptor that you can borrow. I also

Re: tftp boot images question

2004-07-13 Thread Everard Brown
On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 19:46, Hartwig Atrops wrote: > Hi all. > > On > > ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/ > > and > > ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4cdm/ > > you can find tftp boot images. > > I am looking for tftp boot images of th

Re: Debian on SparcStation 20

2004-07-13 Thread Everard Brown
On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 21:07, Kelly Harding wrote: > hi, > > I recently aquired a SparcStation 20 (SM50 MBus module, 64mb ram, TGX > SBus graphics, 2x scsi hard drives (size unknown)). > > I am wanting to put Debian on this system. the box didn't come with a > CD-ROM or floppy drive so I'm going to

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
On Thursday 29 Apr 2004 11:42 pm, Martin wrote: > If the problem is "I want to be able to firewall the box to put it on > the net" then no, I recommend using ipchains - this is the path of least > change / hassel. If the problem is "I want a 2.4 series kernel on this > here SparcStation 20" then i

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
On Thursday 29 Apr 2004 11:06 pm, Martin wrote: > > Can anyone confirm if I can use kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u for a > > SUNstation 20? > > If you mean a SparcStation 20 then no. It is a sun4m machine not a > sun4u (which are 64 bit UltraSPARC based), thus an image for a sun4u > isn't much use. > >

2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
Hi All, Can anyone confirm if I can use kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u for a SUNstation 20? or do I need to build my own from sources ? TIA, Everard

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-27 Thread Everard Brown
provides plenty more detail on this ! > > hope this helps > > Andy > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Everard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ins

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
On Monday 26 Apr 2004 1:37 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 18:39, Everard Brown wrote: > > That sounds a very likely cause of my problem, but when I try to > > create the Sun disk label ('s' option in fdisk) that is always the > > default. > > > &g

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi Pat, Thanks for the quick reply ;-) On Monday 26 Apr 2004 12:05 am, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 16:37, Everard Brown wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't > > boot from the

[newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi All, I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't boot from the hard disk. System: SPARCstation 20 32Mb RAM No floopy or CDROM drive Issues that make me suspicious include: o I used the 's' parameter in fdisk to partition this disk. This gave me: sda1