the format command for linux
I have decided to clean the intire drives off on my sparc and would like to know the linux command for formatting a hard drive on my sparc 1+... I decided its the only way I'll clean off the conflicts that are on the hard drive... thanks... Harold
kernel source, patches and headers...
Well, I now have a good question as I'm not readlly familiar with the compiling and I want to do it right... the big problem is I can not find a updated HOW-TO about it with the sparc.. I reinstalled my debian slink for sparc, and found in the /usr/src files and directories first is kernel-source-2.0.35.tar.gz and /usr/src/kernel-patches/sparc/sparclinux-2.0.35-9800805.diff.gz and in the above line there also is apply and unpatch and /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.0.35/include/ and along with many asm-sparc and others... Now I know I'm sounding pretty stupid now with this question on putting all this together, but I've done all I know so far about linux on my own from scratch and with questions I just don't want to make any more mistakes as I'm getting tired of reinstalling it so many times... well, actually getting someone else to put the disk in for me as I'm a quadraplegic, thats why I want to do it right even if I sound pretty stupid about now... I'm also doing this on a sparc 1+ also... thanks for any help I get... Harold
bootfloppies for sparc 1+
I am wondering if the newer bootfloppies for sparc has been released or not.. I have the ones when slink was released and wondering if there are newer ones yet... I'm also still having trouble trying to rid the old SunOS from my sparc 1+ drive as when I need to shutdown linux it falls into a loop with the SunOS... would I be better off if I just formatted(clean off the drive) and start over from scratch... I run a sparc 1+ (sun4c) and hope it will work better than it is now... the SunOS is on the sd(0,0,0) and I had to start the linux(slink) at sd(0,1,0) and just seems to be a big pain... the above are the way the Sun see's the Drive, and linux seems to see the Drives as sda and sdb... hope someone has a solution thanks Harold
bootdisk for sparc 1+
Hi, I was wondering if the newer bootdisk for the sparc 1+ has had the bugs worked out of it yet I was wondering as I need to do a reinstall for mine as I need to do some reconfiguration to my sparc and I might as well install the newer bootdisk... Thanks Harold
web browser for sparc 1+
I am wondering if anyone can tell me what browser I can find to run on a sparc 1+ that is stable. I now have xwindow running fine, and what a difference it is after running windows95... I have found running linux apps and stuff to be more injoyable than I have been running on windows95... thanks Harold
xwindow on sparc 1+
hi, I am trying to setup the xwindow for sparc 1+ with slink... I type startx and it starts, but it just sits there with a blank screen as black... I'm not sure if I have all the files or not... I have my xserver-xsun for my sparc and XFree86... I'm new to linux but have learned alot so far...not to get xwindow working.. Thanks Harold
debian mirror
I was wondering if there is a alternative mirror site my sparc 1+ can go to other than what is in the default site it goes to... I installed from floppies and now trying to get the packages to choose from list for my system... the sites I am having with as I can see is the non-us site.. can anyone help me... Harold
getting the list of packages for sparc 1+
Well, so far things are going good til it comes to getting the list of packages... when I run dselect to update to get the list of packages, I seem to see on my screen Connection timed out and that is to the site for the files... its to the non-us list of packages I get no where with... can anyone help me on this so I can get all I need installed on my sparc 1+ thanks Harold
getting pppconfig to work right
Hi, I'm sure others have had the same problem before... I have installed the boot floppies and now trying to setup what I need to dial into my isp to install the packages I need for my linux setup... I am on a sparc 1+ with slink... any help with scripts or something is most helpful.. Thanks Harold
slink installs on sparc1+, but
I have a sparc I had just installed slink on very nicely but the thing I am having problem with is it still wants to boot up SunOS... I thought linux wrote over that when I partitioned the drive... but it seems like the slink is on drive 2 and not on drive 1... I have tried what I can think of and I may have overlooked something... I want to use both drives for my linux, so I don't really need to keep the sunOS as it is setup for the old place the sparc1+ came from... can anyone tell me how to rid the sunOS to put linux to use both drives drive 1 is a 1.02 gig and drive 2 is a 1.5 gig Thanks Harold
Re: which format label
It says on my sparc man: By default, fdformat formats a high density diskette with a capability of 1.44 megabytes. Use a the -d option to put MS-DOS file system on the diskette after format is done. Otherwise the , the Sun-3/80 and Desktop SPARC systems version of fdformat writes a SunOS label on the diskette in logical block 0 after it has been formatted. The label is required on Sun-3/80 and desktop SPARC systems if you intend to put a unix file system on the Floppy diskette. To format diskettes for under MS-DOS, use the MS-DOS FORMAT command in a dos window. FORMAT: -b Put a MS-DOS label on the disk after formatting it, This option is meaningful when -d is also set. -d Install a MS-DOS file system and boot sector on the disk after formatting. This is equivalent to the MS-DOS FORMAT command. -e Eject the disk when done. -f force. Do not ask for confirmation before starting format. -l format a low density (720) diskette. -v Verify the floppy diskette after formatting. NOTES: A diskette formatted using the -d option won't have the necessary system files, and is therefore not bootable. Trying to boot from it on a PC will result in the following message: Non-System disk or disk error Replace and strike any key when ready this is why I ask the question, I just want to know how to approach this so I have no problems Harold - Original Message - From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeffrey Ebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 4:17 AM Subject: Re: which format label Jeffrey Ebert wrote: Harold Hartley wrote: I sent a message ealier and felt I didn't explain myself enough... I have fdformat some floppies and put the files for boot floppies on them.. they also have a SunOS label to them As I read my man on my sparc 1+ about fdformat, I find it telling me about fdformat -d for a MS-dos label... should I have my floppies with a MS-dos label for my bootfloppy to install linux on a unix OS thats on there now... Harold I don't think it matters since you are going to use rawrite or dd to put the boot floppy images onto the floppy. I think the only reason for formatting them before hand is to look for bad sectors. If you have any bad sectors, then you can't use the disk. There is no way to mark the bad sectors and avoid them when you are dd'ing a complete disk image. You can also check the low-level format, or whatever it's called, by formating the floppy. If you've been playing with superformat you might have some floppies lying around that have more than the standard number of sectors, which might cause problems for a different drive, or might not. Does Sun use the word label to mean both partition table and directory structure? Edmund -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
which format label to use
Hi, I am formatting my floppies on a sparc 1+ to make my bootdisk.. which for mat should I use, the fdformat with a SunOS label or a MS-dos label... the sparc 1+ can do both and didn't know which label it should be for bootfloppies... I am upgrading from unix to debian linux waiting for reply Harold
bootdisk for sparc
Just to make sure. I am FTPing the files to do a bootfloppy for the sparc and wondring if I need to get all the files that is at the ftp site... and also will the disk eject from the floppy drive on sparc automatically since it doesn't have a drive like a regular pc does... Thanks Harold
Re: newbie with sparc 1+
thank you for that tip, I never knew how to format a floppy on a sparc I pretty much had to find the man on my own. now that I will be able to format the floppies, I can ftp the files to my other computer and then to my sparc and put them on the floppy... I know this sounds like more work, but its the only way I know of... I read these messages on here and see the names, slink, potato and hamm I wonder which is the one I should be going with... hey, I am so new to this its not funny... so as I have figured out is I get the bootdisk and put on floppy, should get me started...thats what I understand...am I right then I can download the other needed files after that... I'm sure I'll be asking more questions in due time...but any help to me is valuble... Harold Adam Di Carlo wrote: Harold == Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harold I am a new user with a sparc 1+ and have 1 floppy drive and 2 Harold hard drives I am currently runnning unix solaris 1 ver Harold 4.1.3 on it now... I want to put linux on it Harold I guess I need to find out more about the whole process and Harold have been reading up all I can on it... I read about the Harold bootfloppies and I have no idea about formating a floppy on Harold the sparc to get the files for sparc... Are you saying that you've read the newest installation manual (URL:http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ and that you find the instructions for creating floppies in solaris inadequate? Try 'man fdformant'... -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]URL:http://www.onShore.com/
newbie with sparc 1+
I am a new user with a sparc 1+ and have 1 floppy drive and 2 hard drives I am currently runnning unix solaris 1 ver 4.1.3 on it now... I want to put linux on it I guess I need to find out more about the whole process and have been reading up all I can on it... I read about the bootfloppies and I have no idea about formating a floppy on the sparc to get the files for sparc... also if I can get the linux install all on floppy would help me alot to and then can use it over my network here... for the routing and the other good stuff linux has to offer... thanks for any help.. Harold
