Re: recomendation about Sparc
Back in the day, I installed just the Woody base system on my dual 200 Ultra2 and then just apt-get'ed the packages I wanted. I had no problems booting from the CD (just 'boot cdrom' at the OBP prompt should work), partitioning the disks, and installing. http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-cd/3.0_r2/sparc/ -- ~ -greg "hrmmm - a Beowulf cluster of Dreamcasts and PS2s..." -Slashdot.org post On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:16:41PM -0300, Cesar Alcacibar wrote: > Hello Listers > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions
Re: recomendation about Sparc
Sebastien LANGE wrote: Hello Listers Hello I write to ask youre opinion wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines Thanx for your opinions With the CD installers, I had a problem with the boot but with a tftpboot.img, no problem on a Blade 1000 with only => http://www.phunnypharm.org/pub/for/sparc-folks/disks-sparc/current/sparc64/tftpboot.img I have done a woody base from CD (installer didnt work, don't know if the cd was wrong burned?) so I had to partition manually and bootstrap a sarge by hand. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade. All was done remote over LOM :-) Debian Woody and Debian Sarge are now running on a V100. moin moin Patrick Jezek
Re: recomendation about Sparc
> Hello Listers Hello > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions With the CD installers, I had a problem with the boot but with a tftpboot.img, no problem on a Blade 1000 with only => http://www.phunnypharm.org/pub/for/sparc-folks/disks-sparc/current/sparc64/tftpboot.img > > > > > -- Cordialement, Sébastien LANGE _(__)_ Trésorier d'Ornix '-e e -'__,--.__) (°> Groupe d'utilisateur (o_o)) //\ des logiciels libres \. /___. | V_/_ dans l'Orne ||| )/ )/ http://ornix.org //_(/_(/_( Registered Linux-User #313144 Registered LFS-ID #12095
Re: recomendation about Sparc
On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:16 -0300, Cesar Alcacibar wrote: > Hello Listers > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions i have tried to use cd installers, but had various issues preventing me from installing with them. i have successully installed debian on a sun blade 100 and sun blade 1500 using the tftp boot images. -matt zagrabelny
Re: recomendation about Sparc
On 11/11/2004 10:16 AM, Cesar Alcacibar wrote: > Hello Listers > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions If your Sparc machine is in a network with internet connection, net install will be your best option. You only need to download the 3M "tftpboot.img". This will launch the installer then download another 70M of packages. This gives you the base installation then you can decide any additional software. If you have to install 5 or more machines, CDROM will be a good approach which conserves the net traffic. Net install is more elegant and flexible but you have to setup bootp/tftp/dhcp servers. This is well documented in the installation doc. If you know how to do Solaris Net install, Linux is very similar.
Re: recomendation about Sparc
I used the 1st cd of the standard woody/sparc distro and installed a base system and then apt-get everything into it that I need, but Tasksel works as well for setting up your first packages... I will say that I was at a loss for how to properly format the drive on a sparc5 for the debian install, but ended up following some netbsd docs on the proper way to format and partition a sun drive... If you get hung up on the partitioning, drop me an email and I'll walk you through it... On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:16:41 -0300, Cesar Alcacibar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Listers > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Take Back the Web! Get the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser! http://www.getfirefox.com
recomendation about Sparc
Hello Listers I write to ask youre opinion wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines Thanx for your opinions
Re: Problem installing on a SparcStation 20
Am Donnerstag, 11. November 2004 13:08 schrieb Le grand pinguin: > Well, i'll find out soon. I took the easy way and switched to a network > installation (using rarp and tftpboot). I got a nice and (slow)running > woody. After that i did a dist-upgrade and had a night of dependency > hell (circular dependency libc6 - kernel-image-2.4 - initrd - - > libc6). Having to use ar and tar to get my little toy into working > condition isn't really what i'd expect from a packaging system. BTW, what > would be the appropriate place to report such problems. I'm not sure > whether this is an issue of the libc6 package (that checks for the kernel > version during installation (???)) or for apt/dpkg. You probably simply have to install kernel-image-2.4.26 before dist-upgrade. BTW: I used an external CD-ROM drive with my SS20 clone and installed just fine from CD1-20040921 (not netinst). HS -- Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org
Re: Problem installing on a SparcStation 20
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:00:40AM +0100, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > > Ok, i'll ckeck the silo manuals. But what about the problem with the > > sarge installation CD - a segfault during init isn't realy a nice > > thing ... > > Any idea what kernel it boots ? Not at the moment, but i can check if this is of any help. But the segfault shows up in the middle of boot (and i got the impression from an earlier answer that trhis is a known bug). > This sparc box and 2.6.x really hate > each other, resulting in hangs and other not so nice things. Well, i'll find out soon. I took the easy way and switched to a network installation (using rarp and tftpboot). I got a nice and (slow)running woody. After that i did a dist-upgrade and had a night of dependency hell (circular dependency libc6 - kernel-image-2.4 - initrd - - libc6). Having to use ar and tar to get my little toy into working condition isn't really what i'd expect from a packaging system. BTW, what would be the appropriate place to report such problems. I'm not sure whether this is an issue of the libc6 package (that checks for the kernel version during installation (???)) or for apt/dpkg. Thank's a lot for your help RalfD > > > Igmar
2 video cards Elite 3D/M6
Hi, With the kernel 2.4.21, I have my 2 cards activate in /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb1 but with the kernel 2.6.9, I have just /dev/fb0 activate. dmesg with kernel 2.4.21 : fb0: AFB at 07f8 type 35 DAC 10 fb1: AFB at 07fa type 35 DAC 10 and dmesg with kernel 2.6.9 : ffb: AFB at 07f8 type 35 DAC 10 ffb: AFB at 07fa type 35 DAC 10 In X, I have the 2 screens with the kernel 2.4.21 but not with the 2.6.9. An idea ? -- Cordialement, Sébastien LANGE _(__)_ Trésorier d'Ornix '-e e -'__,--.__) (°> Groupe d'utilisateur (o_o)) //\ des logiciels libres \. /___. | V_/_ dans l'Orne ||| )/ )/ http://ornix.org //_(/_(/_( Registered Linux-User #313144 Registered LFS-ID #12095
Re: Problem installing on a SparcStation 20
> Ok, i'll ckeck the silo manuals. But what about the problem with the > sarge installation CD - a segfault during init isn't realy a nice > thing ... Any idea what kernel it boots ? This sparc box and 2.6.x really hate each other, resulting in hangs and other not so nice things. Igmar
