Re: Problem with network booting of an IPX
On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW: I think it makes also sense to update this part (I think for many platforms): http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/ch04s04.html.en ### # /sbin/rarp -s client-hostname client-enet-addr ### Unfortunately, most of the Sparc installation manual has been copied verbatim from woody and not updated. Do not believe everything you read there :-). Anyway, I have updated the libc6 packages on my site to the Sarge version and put together a wiki page describing the procedure which I think *might* result in a successful upgrade from Woody to Sarge on sun4c. The page is at http://wiki.debian.net/?SparcSun4c Please try it out and document the results there. Best regards, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian on a sun blade 100
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 12:04:04PM +0200, Olivier BERT wrote: > - I also noticed that the openboot firmware version was very old. And I > learnt there were updates. But I can't find them. Does anyone know where I > can find them. I tried of course the sun.com site, but impossible to find > it. Enter 'PROM blade 100' in the front page of http://www.sun.com. The first hit is a link to an obsoleted patch to openboot firmware, but it does give you a patch number (119235-01) of the patch that obsoleted that patch. Enter the patch number in the search field and click on the first link (or click directly on http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119235-01-1&searchclause=119235-01 ) I haven't gotten around to patch the firmware on my blade 100 yet. If you update your openboot, please let me know your experiences. Best regards Admar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with network booting of an IPX
Frans Pop wrote: On Sunday 12 June 2005 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really tried to understand that paragraph over and over: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/ch02s01.html.en#sparc-cpus And look at the table above, I see sun4cdm So, I really thought it is supported. Q: Did I detect a documentation bug? Yes, the manual needs updating for Sparc. Especially as the flavors that are mentioned there sun4cdm and sun4u no longer exist. BTW: I think it makes also sense to update this part (I think for many platforms): http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/ch04s04.html.en ### # /sbin/rarp -s client-hostname client-enet-addr ### Especially this one drove me nuts, since the option -s is not supported since somewhen in kernel 2.3. The statement below '.. recompile the kernel ...' is meaningless. You need rarpd and /etc/ethers. Yep it is written below, but who reads all the manual -- I did not :-( I think the kernel 2.2 can be safely dropped, or at least moved below the kernel 2.4 part. Cheers Wolfdieter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with network booting of an IPX
On Sunday 12 June 2005 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I really tried to understand that paragraph over and over: > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/ch02s01.html.en#sparc-cpus > > And look at the table above, I see sun4cdm > So, I really thought it is supported. > > Q: Did I detect a documentation bug? Yes, the manual needs updating for Sparc. Especially as the flavors that are mentioned there sun4cdm and sun4u no longer exist. The current flavors are sparc32 (sun4m) and sparc64 (sun4u). sun4c is not supported by the official kernels/installation system; support for sun4d is unknown. (Jurij, please correct me if I'm wrong.) pgpGlj6bzB7pH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: debian on a sun blade 100
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 12:04 +0200, Olivier BERT wrote: > Hi, > > I don't find any issue to my problems on the archives of this list. > So: > I have got a sun blade 100 (sparc64, 500mhz, 256MB sdram ...). > And I would like to install debian linux on it. http://www.de-brauwer.be/docs/debian_on_sun.html Installing Debian on a Sun Blade 100 system -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian on a sun blade 100
Hi, I don't find any issue to my problems on the archives of this list. So: I have got a sun blade 100 (sparc64, 500mhz, 256MB sdram ...). And I would like to install debian linux on it. When I use an ord debian version (woody for example), I get the message : "Fatal: MMU miss". This error is reported on many internet websites but I don't know what to do to avoid this error. When I use a sarge CD, the boot process goes well, but the CDROM and all IDE devices are not detected, or don't appear in the devices filesystem. IDE chips seems to be detected (dmsg). To this problem, I think that with the 2.6 kernel, it will work. But ther is not the 2.6 kernel on sparc debian isos. My questions are : - Is there anywhere a debian iso image built with the 2.6 kernel ? - Is there a way to boot with the 2.4 kernel ? - I also noticed that the openboot firmware version was very old. And I learnt there were updates. But I can't find them. Does anyone know where I can find them. I tried of course the sun.com site, but impossible to find it. Thanks in advance -- Olivier BERT e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with network booting of an IPX
Florian Heimgaertner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: with sarge I just see Illegal instruction :-( [...] I could boot woody from the floppy, no problem so far, except that I cannot update. There is always an error during the update when replacing libc. According to the release notes, sun4c is no longer supported in sarge. I really tried to understand that paragraph over and over: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/ch02s01.html.en#sparc-cpus And look at the table above, I see sun4cdm So, I really thought it is supported. Q: Did I detect a documentation bug? BTW: This machine has that 'famous' Weitex booster CPU, so it runs with unbelievable 40 MHz instead of the usual 20 ;^) But perhaps you could try this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/05/msg00084.html Yep, and thanks to Juri! Cheers Wolfdieter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
