Re: sparc meeting requirements for etch
Guys, I have a SunBlade 1000, but only on a slow 256k line, which could be pretty useless at that speed... Does anyone have any contacts within SUN or even one of the SUN Refurbished Equipment resellers ? Ben Collins wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 05:26:13PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 22 September 2005 16:03, Ben Collins wrote: What we lack is someone pointing to an IP address saying, saying "Here's an 8-way UltraSPARC 4000 hosted on a multihomed T3, here's root access, we wont touch the box, and it will be there for as long as you need it. I, the company president, personally ok use of our resources for Debian." So who has the contacts to arrange something like this (although I guess slightly lower specs would still be acceptable)? As I understand it debian-sparc is effectively dead if an extra machine is not found on this basis. No one has these kinds of contacts. As of right now, I am going to get the Ultra30 (auric) booting for the buildd's today. If a bigger, better machine comes along, we'll consider it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Account on sparc machine(s) wanted
I have a SunBlade 1000 running Sid, unfortunately only on a 256Kb line... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Ultrasparc here - It boots as a "UltraSparc 5/10" - running gentoo. Would that help? On 21 Sep 2005 at 20:13, Jurij Smakov wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am a member of Debian kernel team, working (to the extent of my abilities) on sparc-specific bugs. Recently I have moved and thus was forced to get rid of all my sparc hardware which I used for d-i testing and kernel work. The plans to get some new machines are on the way (Blars Blarson has a sparc32 box waiting for me and Andres Salomon is planning to ship an Ultra 5 my way), but it will take at least a few more weeks before I can lay my hands on them. In the meantime I can't even do test kernel builds or any basic testing/porting. If you have a possibility to open an account for me on a sparc box for this purpose, I would really appreciate it. If the box can be rebooted remotely or accessed via the serial console, that would be a huge plus. Thanks and best regards, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDMiGYjjectMmeA8wRAnzAAKC+ekhrmtY/XG1zbHFbkVeXKOcJ+wCguwlU qNdk0ELZfiAZcz+iutuVHKU= =y36W -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: e10k, 34 CPUs, 30G RAM = $1000
Yeah - I just showed this to my wife - BIG mistake. The bruises should heal in about a week I guess...:-( in case anyone is interested ... there's a Sun E1 with 34 SPARC CPUs and a total of 30G of RAM for auction, closing in about 3 hours. it's currently priced at a bit under USD 1000 (AUD 1225). it's located in Sydney, Australia. anyone able to power and cool such a beast? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=5800150903&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian CD won't boot on SunBlade2000
I am trying to install debian (3.01a) on a SynBlade2000 server. when I type at the OK prompt "boot cdrom" I get this anoying error: Fast Data Access MMU Miss. I googled this error, found out that it has to do with the boot loader, or somthing, but didn't find a solution. Dose any one how to fix this? Welcome to my nightmare !!! I have the same problem on a SunBlade 1000, and had to resort to a netboot to get it working. It's as known bug in the installer, but I don't believe there has been a solution posted yet. Jon Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: More storage for my Ultra10
> So, if I want to add a lot of storage to the machine, I need to add a > new storage adapter of some sort. USB and SCSI are out (lack of speed > and lack of affordability.) Am I better off buying a PATA or SATA > card? SATA cards seem to be more expensive, but perhaps I am > future-proofing myself a little bit. Does the Ultra 10 have SCSI already ? If so, why not look at some of the SUN ST D130 rack-mount storage devices ? I picked one up on Ebay for $100AUD with 3 x 18Gb FC drives - you might need to add 4 or 5 of them, but you could expand your storage incrementally then using LVM. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Deb on Sparc Station 5
> > When I go into the open boot it asks for a password. If you press STOP-A, do you get the OK prompt ? If you do, reset-all should take care of the password problem I believe (it did on my SunBlade) > > Do you think it might be better to rob the memory out of half the > > boxes and use in the other half. When I turn on all my network the > > local power station has to fire up another generater to keep up ;-) > > Possibly, but these machines are CPU-challenged and adding memory > won't fix that. Well, yes, but if you cluster them using something like OpenMOSIX, etc... :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UltraSparc III
>>I know I keep getting the dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error when >>I boot from the debian installer CD (SILO 1.49 I believe), but booting >>from a Gentoo CD with the same version of SILO works fine... >> >> > >That's just a bug somewhere that somebody needs to track >down and fix, it's not because the Ultra-III is not >sufficiently documented or understood. > > > OK - how can I help ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UltraSparc III
David S. Miller wrote: >From: Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 20:59:28 +1000 > > > >>Any progress on UltraSparc III support yet, or is it still a pain in the >>ass getting info out of SUN ? >> >> > >Linux has supported the UltraSPARC-III since I got my first >SunBlade1000 system 3 or 4 years ago. > > I thought, from comments by others in this group, that Ultra III support was still proving difficult as SUN were reluctant to release information abou t their "open" processor ? I know I keep getting the dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error when I boot from the debian installer CD (SILO 1.49 I believe), but booting from a Gentoo CD with the same version of SILO works fine... Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UltraSparc III
Any progress on UltraSparc III support yet, or is it still a pain in the ass getting info out of SUN ? JOn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mopping up issues on an old sparc - need advice
>>On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:26:51PM -0600, Eric Jorgensen wrote: >> >> >>> I've got an ss10 that's running woody, was dist-upgraded from >>> potato. It >>>is in a remote facility running headless. >>> >>> >>woody is obsolete >> >> > > It's a 10 year old machine. Woody is the least of it's obsolescence. > > > Don't forget guys (and this argument for continued support may be a bit on the anorexic side) that some of the old sparc32 stuff is all some of us can afford. I was lucky in that I have a very understanding wife who indulges my gadget fetish and let me buy a SunBlade 1000, but before that I was working on an old SparcStation (not even an Ultra !!). Still perfectly servicable, especially as a learning tool, firewall, router, small mailserver, etc. > Since it's not ia32, the scriptkiddies never seem to root it. At this >point that's the only reason i haven't shoved a spare pentium4 into the >same space. And it's a pretty flimsy reason. > > > Flimsy, possibly, but valid. something as old and veneragle as a sparc32 machine is still more secure than anything ia32. All I'm saying, for what its worth, is that there are some people for whom their old sparc32 is perfectly functional... Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blade 1000 boot problem
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:34, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yes, when the v210 was frozen, I had to reset it via the lights-out > > management system. > > The 'lights-out management system'? Is that a Solaris thing? It's a Compaq-originated thing - an interface card that allows you to do everything remotely - i.e. with the lights out in the server room. Not exactly sure of the origin, but I used to use it in a Compaq server farm and it is a great idea, especially for remote / adsl connections. After all, workig from home in my jammies has a certain appeal - not to mention it's closer to the beer fridge !! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: blade 1000 X config
Hello Roger, Wednesday, July 13, 2005, 6:51:16 PM, you wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:45:17PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: >>In fact, now that I think about it, that may solve another problem - and >>that is remote management of 3 x Wintendo servers. Currently I use >>remote desktop into them, but that always has problems. If synergy could >>be used as a replacement... Hm. > I suspect vnc would be a better (free) bet for remote management. You are, of course, quite correct - I misunderstood exactly how synergy worked - mind you, it is still pretty cool, especially when you install it on a colleagues machine without telling them... hehehehe...:-) jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blade 1000 X config
Tib wrote: >>At the risk of being wrong (I have been known to be occasionally !!), >>would it work with a standard PC USB keyboard ? I mean, apart from the >>left row of keys which may not be supported anyway, is there anything on >>the Type 6 you really REALLY need ? I'm facing the same problem, and >>might just use my wireless PC kbd/mouse instead. >> >> > >That.. is a very good question, one to which I do not have an answer :] In >the end, it's not really going to need a keyboard at all because what I'd >LIKE to do is have this system running X (kde, gnome, enlightenment, >whatever) and having the keyboard/mouse shared via synergy or similar >client. It's really just an issue now during setup and standalone >environment. > > Now THAT is an idea I hadn't thought of - I'm currently using mine via a USB KVM switch which is pretty workable, but being able to get rid of the KVM and use something like synergy has some merit. In fact, now that I think about it, that may solve another problem - and that is remote management of 3 x Wintendo servers. Currently I use remote desktop into them, but that always has problems. If synergy could be used as a replacement... Hm. Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blade 1000 X config
Dave Love wrote: >Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>No - it's not the keyboard that's messed up. It runs just dandy until you >>get past the locale selection and pick your language preference - then >>suddely everything is mapped wrong and on the sarge installer I didn't see >>a way to pick a literal keyboard map, >> >> > >The locale selection is nothing to do with the keymap. The installer >definitely allows you to specify the keyboard type fairly >specifically. Have you actually read the installation instructions? > > > >>In any case - my issue now (since I picked the ffb graphics driver) is >>which keyboard to tell x I'm using? The option for 'sun' was in there, but >>said to use that if you have a 1.4 or 1.5 type keyboard.. this is a 1.6. >> >> > >I'm not at all sure what you need to know, but the _old-style_ >(non-USB) type 6 keyboards are OK with the type 5 map. USB type 6 is >different. > > > At the risk of being wrong (I have been known to be occasionally !!), would it work with a standard PC USB keyboard ? I mean, apart from the left row of keys which may not be supported anyway, is there anything on the Type 6 you really REALLY need ? I'm facing the same problem, and might just use my wireless PC kbd/mouse instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partitioning for dual boot
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:43, Dave Love wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > No big deal. Eat the disk label by using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd?? > > count=1 bs=1M in the installer's spare command console; then recreate > > it with the parted partition editor. > > Parted and fdisk both produce bad labels as far as Solaris is > concerned. However, I think I just potted the problem. The same sort > of disk in another machine running Solaris reports: > > Volume name = <> > ascii name = > pcyl= 24622 > ncyl= 24620 > acyl=2 > nhead = 27 > nsect = 107 > > whereas the fdisk-created one has > > Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 27 heads, 107 sectors, 10025 rpm > 24622 cylinders, 2 alternate cylinders, 24624 physical cylinders > > i.e. it seems to be confusing cylinders and physical cylinders. I'm > not sure whether parted chose these or whether I was confused in > copying them from the Solaris version when I re-labelled. However, > the disk was originally running Solaris and got trashed by the > installer when I added the linux partitions. > > The fdisk `c' and `y' commands don't actually work to change these. > `p' shows new values, but `w' doesn't actually save them. I had the same problem exactly with my 73Gb drives in the 'blade 1k - I couldn't get the CHS settings to change and stay put after a reset. Kill off the "whole disk" partition, exit fdisk, restart fdisk, set the CHS, write the partition table back to disk, restart fdisk, recreate partition 3 (whole disk), write the partition table back to disk, restart fdisk, create your desired partitions, etc Long laborious process, but it worked for me on the 1K. Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partitioning for dual boot
> Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Probably the obvious answer, but Solaris and Sarge on separate drives ? > > Sorry, no -- the system disk. It would be a pain to use an external > scsi drive on the systems of interest, but openboot doesn't seem happy > with that anyway, either on ultra 5+scsi card or v210. (Is that > really the case, or am I doing something wrong?) > My only experience is with a SparStation5 (seriously OLD) and a SunBlade 1000 - both backines have 2 x drives internally, so it's a simple matter of installing each OS on its' own volume...:-) I seem to remember booting the SparcStation from an external SCSI drive, but must admit I haven't tried the 'blade that way yet (on the list to try this weekend !) Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge on Netra T1
> > Undr Solaris, partition (or "slice") 3 covers the whole disk and isn't > > used > > for anything else, AFAIK. Delete this, reset the CHS settings, write the > > partition table back to disk, re-run FDISK and create your partitions. > > > > If you create one large partition, mount it and do a "df -h" you should > > see > > whatever the total capacity of the drive is. > > > > Note: partition 3 must be of the type Sun Disklabel (option "s" in FDISK). > > > > Note 2: Don't hold me responsible if you nuke your system doing this - it > > worked for me, your mileage may vary. > > I erased the entire disc and attempted to partition as I would for my x86 > boxen... > I must admit that I didn't alter any CHS info, just simply ran the > installer and erased the entire disc. > Funny thing is, the partitioner saw the whole disc, but when creating the > partions it only saw 540mb. I believe a version of parted had this as a bug, but can't remember which one. Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partitioning for dual boot
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:16, Dave Love wrote: > Has anyone had success with a Sarge/Solaris dual boot? I did this > with Woody (or possibly earlier), but I can't now partition a disk > which Solaris is happy with. Probably the obvious answer, but Solaris and Sarge on separate drives ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge on Netra T1
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:07, Peter Clarke wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a (couple of) Netra T1 105's, 440Mhz/512MB. > Both have 2 x 36gb SCSI discs. > > When installing and running Solaris, all discs are recognised properly, > when installing Sarge from the latest netinst image, only 540MB of each > discs appears usable! > > Incidently this was also the case when attempting to install on an Ultra60 > (2 x 18gb) and an Ultra10 (both IDE and via SCSI card) ... in all cases > the installer would only see about 540mb. I had the same problem when installing Debian on the SunBlade 1000 - one of my 73Gb drives kept comming up as 18Gb !!! After much yelling and screaming at Crappaq (it was a Compaq OEM drive, manufactured by Seagate), I finally got the CHS settings (cylinders, heads, sectors) from Seagate (very helpful guys, unlike HP/Compaq !) When I used FDISK to change these settings, I couldn't get the drive to hold them after a reboot. Much scratching of various bodily surfaces ensued, until I realised that the solution is reasonably simple. Undr Solaris, partition (or "slice") 3 covers the whole disk and isn't used for anything else, AFAIK. Delete this, reset the CHS settings, write the partition table back to disk, re-run FDISK and create your partitions. If you create one large partition, mount it and do a "df -h" you should see whatever the total capacity of the drive is. Note: partition 3 must be of the type Sun Disklabel (option "s" in FDISK). Note 2: Don't hold me responsible if you nuke your system doing this - it worked for me, your mileage may vary. Jon P.S. Anyone know what keyboard type to use for a Type 6 SUN keyboard ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Elite 3D color alteration.
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:39, Ben Collins wrote: > What color depth are you running at? > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 02:11:25AM +0200, Aurelien Larcher wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm always trying to configure my elite 3d m6 but I'm > > having some problems to find documentation. > > My current problem is that colors are altered when I play > > a movie. What driver are you using with this ? I have the Elite3D-m3 and after the initial grey screen when X starts it drops back to the command line with a "no screens" message - but the screens are defined OK in XFconfig-4 Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Problem on Sun Fire V240
Boon Siong wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Sun Fire V240 with 1GB Ram, > > i get this msg when i try to boot up with debian installation cd, > > ok boot cdrom > Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],60/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0:f File and args: > SILO Version 1.4.9 > \ > boot: > Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel > Loaded kernel version 2.4.27 > Loading initial ramdisk (3041649 bytes at 0x3F80 phys, 0x40C0 > virt)... > - > Remapping the kernel... Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss > ok Boon - the one time I managed to get Gentoo to install from CDROM I had the same problem on the SunBlade 1000. Try a netboot - did it last night and it works perfectly (you can specify CD/DVD as the source for packages when you get to that point). jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SunBlade 1000 Installation
>This is a known issue (you have reported yourself and is in the normal >pipeline to be fixed). >See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315573 > >I assume we're talking about the same machine here...? > > Yes, the same machine (I only mentioned it for the sake of completeness !!). I have a spare vhard drive for the machine, so I'm happy to test the fix. Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SunBlade 1000 Installation
Hi gang, Well, success at last - sort of - with the SunBlade 1000. For some reason it refuses to boot from the Deb.Sparc installer CD, yet Solaris boots fine as does Gentoo using the same version of SILO. So a netboot from my tftp server worked. The install seemed to stall several times over the night (I got up to check on it every couple of hours), but that may largely be attributed to our shitty 1.5Mb ADSL connection, so I'm not too fussed there. Also it still installs the wrong scsi driver for the fibre channel controller - it tries to use qlogicisp when the correct one is qlogicfc. The box has an Elite3D-m3 graphics card in it - not standard for this box (came from an Ultra 80 I think), but the guy I bought it off probably took the better Creative 3D card out - anyway, does anyone know which xserver driver I should be using ? I've tried vesa, vga and fb to no effect. Jon (machine config: 900MHz UltraSparc-III, 2 x 73Gb FC drives, Elite3D-m3 graphics, usb kbd/mouse) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Have an enterprise 4000 if someone wants it
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:08 am, Davin Carter wrote: > I have an enterprise 4000 machine with 6X166 MHZ cpu 1.5 GIG ram total. > It also has two drive bays. > If someone wants to pick it up from the Denver Colorado area, let me know. Don't suppose you'd like to send it to Australia ?...:-) -- Musings: http://www.mandrake.net.au Zen Linux: http://www.zenlinux.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SunBlade 1000
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:12 pm, Robert Wolfe, Webmaster wrote: > Are you having the partitioner automatically set up the partitions for you? > I so, you may have to set up your partitions manually. I was having the partitioner do it, but when I try setting them up manually I have the same problem. I'm wondering if there might be something like an LBA mode that needs activating ? I'll try it again tonight when I get home and post teh results - interestingly, the installer refuses to boot on this box, yet a Gentoo disk or a Solaris disk will. Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SunBlade 1000
I have 2 x 73Gb FC drives in the 'blade, but the installer doesn't seem to be partitioning all of the drive (about 20Gb only). Is there a problemw with such large drives ? -- Musings: http://www.mandrake.net.au Zen Linux: http://www.zenlinux.org WFTL-LUG: http://www.marcelgagne.com/wftl-lug.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SunBlade 1000 Installation
Well, with thanks to David and Olivier, I now have a basic Debian system installed on my 'blade - however when I reboot, SILO starts loading Linux, I get the message "remapping the kernel", then the dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error AGAIN !!! RG ! -- Best regards, Jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Debian on SunBlade 1000
Hello David, Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 11:24:00 AM, you wrote: > Now comes the fun part - hardware detection. It tries to load the > qlogicisp SCSI driver and says it's having problems loading it, so it > can't see my two 73Gb FC drives. > It needs the qlogicfc driver, not the qlogicisp one. > Perhaps this is some bug in the installer. Ah, so OK, loaded the qlogicfc driver and we are now merrily partitioning !!! With 2 x 73Gb FC drives, I'm keeping the second for /home and letting the installer do its' think on /dev/sda. Are there any limitations to partition sizes or number ? I don't see all of the space being used. -- Best regards, Jonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Debian on SunBlade 1000
Hello David, Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 8:28:24 AM, you wrote: > From: Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:21:33 +1000 >> Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, >> I get the dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" message. >> >> Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a >> Gentoo install CD with no problems. >> >> Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? > The current stable tftpboot images should work. > Sarge is from before proper UltraSPARC-III support was added to > the boot loader. Well, after some uttering of obscenities (mainly directed at the never-to-sufficiently-damned Windows box !!) I got tftp and rarp working on my Debian laptop and Voila ! We have the debian installer downloaded. Now comes the fun part - hardware detection. It tries to load the qlogicisp SCSI driver and says it's having problems loading it, so it can't see my two 73Gb FC drives. wtf ? -- Best regards, Jonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on SunBlade 1000
> > I just give again the URL that has been posted a few days ago. > http://wiki.debian.net/?SparcInstallationNotes > > It is a complete sarge netinst CD with all drivers for the sun systems. Thanks Olivier - I'll check it out !! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on SunBlade 1000
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 08:28, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:21:33 +1000 > > > Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, I get the > > dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" message. > > > > Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a Gentoo install > > CD with no problems. > > > > Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? > > The current stable tftpboot images should work. > > Sarge is from before proper UltraSPARC-III support was added to > the boot loader. Thanks Dave - I've downloaded the lastest tftpboot image, but the only other machine I have access to is a Wintendo box, and setting up a rarp server on that is a pain in the ass. Might have to install Debian on it first...:-) Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian on SunBlade 1000
Greetings all, I've just acquired a SunBlade 1000 and, being new to Sparc hardware, thought I'd install Sarge on it. Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, I get the dreaded "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" message. Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a Gentoo install CD with no problems. Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
