Re: Debian 10.0 source code
Hi Ionut, On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 02:33:04PM -0700, Ionut Hristodorescu wrote: > > I’d like to build Debian 10.0 for SPARC64 from source That's not trivial. But interesting nonetheless. I asume you want to do that for educational purposes? (I mean, we already do supply those builds.) > but cannot seem to find it. Could someone point me to it ? Thank you. Via http://ftp.debian.org/ one can find e.g. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/bash/bash_5.0-4.debian.tar.xz . But that would not be the way to go for it. Finding sources it least of your problems. If you're starting from a Debian non-sparc system, check out https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling . If you're starting from a non-Debian sparc system, maybe https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBootstrap would be helpful. HTH, Bye, Joost
Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2022-03-28
Hi, On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 04:30:52PM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > On 3/29/22 15:48, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > # dd if=/cdrom/test/debian_20220328/debian-11.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > > of=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0 bs=2048 count=189529 > > > dd: unexpected short write, wrote 1536 bytes, expected 2048 > > > 65725+0 records in > > > 65725+0 records out > > > So that is strange. Perhaps the iso image file is a sparse file with a > > > hole in it. > > I would really like to just serve up the installer over TFTP/BootP and > get the process going. Good old NFSv3 can serve everything else. At https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch04s05.en.html there is "Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting" in the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide. Wouldn't that get you going? Bye, Joost
Re: Updating Debian sparc portage web page
Hi Alban, On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 01:34:37PM +0100, Alban Vidal wrote: > > I've created a MR on the Debian website repository [2]. > If it's good for you, we can merge it. > Moreover, don't hesitate to tell us if you wich update the credits page [3]. > > [2] https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/merge_requests/321 > [3] https://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/credits Thanks for your work; much appreciated. The credits page looks _very_ old to me. It'd be better to remove it, or add a note it's obsolete, or update it. My € 0,02. Bye, Joost
Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf
Hi, On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 01:28:07AM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Hi.. I'm temporarily adding this to Debian-Accessibility and *waving* > at Samuel and everyone as I do.. > > > On 7/8/19, Sam Hartman wrote: > > Folks, I'm looking for cool stuff to cover in my keynote at Debconf. > > Obviously, I'll want to cover buster, and stuff I'm working on, and > > challenging issues facing the project. > > > > But I'd also like to showcase our community and interesting things that > > have happened over the last year. > > > > So, I'd especially be interested in elements to work in that have > > interesting pictures, video or sound elements. > > > > So, things like > > > > * Pictures of release testing > > > > * pictures of release parties > > > > * Possibly interesting uses of Debian that have a good visual/brief > > video story > > > > * Because I'm blind if I could find interesting content, I might focus > > more than usual on sound. But if not that's cool too. > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > If anyone replies, it's possibly most appropriate to drop > Debian-Accessibility back out of the loop and only reply directly to > Debian-Publicity. > > ONE DISCLAIMER: I don't know if the Debian-Publicity list accepts > posts from non-subscribers.. Yes it does (like (afaik) all lists @ lists.debian.org). > Just thinking out loud.. :) > > PS Afterthought: What about "Hurd"? That just hit my radar in some bit > of chatter or another during the past week: > > Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 released!; 2019.07.07 > https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2019/07/msg1.html Or any other of the ports @ https://www.ports.debian.org/ ; see https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/efb0e971-4e0f-c837-49b7-c163cc0b5...@physik.fu-berlin.de for the latest news (Cc-ing debian-sparc , debian-hurd .) Thanks, Bye, Joost signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: broken link for Debian SPARC Port at https://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/
Hi Dennis, On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 06:55:43PM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > No idea who watches the pages at "debian.org" however the sentence : See > the Install Manual for information on supported systems, hardware, and > how to install Debian. > > link is https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ Thanks for reporting this. > Well that link goes no where. Page not found. Nice 404 error page. The way to get this fixed is submitting a bug report to the "www.debian.org" pseudo-package. See also https://bugs.debian.org/ . Please also mention the url of the page containing the broken link. Thanks, Bye, Joost
Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 03:06:09AM -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > Hi all, > > I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). > > (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, > booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, > choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. > OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I > must have chosen that. > > Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename > ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this > firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on > the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, > ignoring it for now. > > After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure > the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was > hoping to set the timezone. > > Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a > few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list > of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I > am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! > I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. > What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? I think you'd have to create yourself a USB stick with http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/unstable/current/ on it. (Assuming your hardware knows how to read from usb) HTH, Bye, Joost
ssh to your box which is being installed / Re: Creating a network boot.img myself
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 07:04:31PM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > > Does the installer support ssh? So being able to save the debug screen. Last time I checked it did. IIRC you'd have to select the expert level somewhere, so that you get offered to enable extra modules for the installer. Bye, Joost
Re: Firefox now available on Debian/sparc64
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 04:29:26PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/19/2016 04:27 PM, Kevin Stabel wrote: > > I (cautiously) report success! > > In fact, i am replying to you right now from within your build :) > > > > Here is a screenshot of a site that crashed the browser before: > > Man, this is so awesome. Makes me proud we already got this far! Congrats indeed! Thanks a lot for your work, Joost - who showed a sparc running a previous Debian @ the Debian booth at the T-DOSE conference in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, some months ago
Re: Debian on ultra 1 (was: Re: Debian on qemu-system-sparc64)
On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 04:56:55PM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > > After some trials-and-error, I have a booting, self-hosted Sid/Sparc64 :-) That's great :) Bye, Joost -- Early adopters will buy a five dollar bill for $10 if it means they get to play with the new vending machine. http://mdcc.cx/ --tialaramex, Jan 4, 2011
Re: Debian on ultra 1 (was: Re: Debian on qemu-system-sparc64)
Hi Romain, On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 03:56:08PM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > 2016-01-26 0:12 GMT+01:00 Romain Dolbeau : > > Now I need to find a cd-r to burn, to try and install on my Ultra 1E if I > > can find the time. > > Just tried it, unfortunately so far no luck. I have the 20160802-16:21 > image on a CD-R that boots SILO just fine, then load the kernel & initial > ramdisk, then gets to "loading system daemons: ..." > > Then the screen goes black with a blinking underline cursor at the bottom > left for a short while. > Then the blinking cursor disappears. > Then - nothing. It just sits there. Doesn't sound like it's using the disk > or cd. > > Ultra 1/200E Creator > 1 GB RAM > Creator 3D series 2 horizontal (not the original Creator series 1) > Unused TGX in the top SBus slot > SUN36G disk in the bottom slot > Plextor 32x CD-ROM set to 512 bytes/sector > ... and I have no more serial port near it to try a serial console :-( > > Any suggestion welcome. You might want to try to stick a 2nd video card in, and see if that gets you any output. But a serial console would be better... HTH, Bye, Joost
port Debian GNU/kFreeBSD to sparc64? (was: Re: life after Wheezy?)
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 02:26:55AM +0300, Bob Bib wrote: > On 28/07/15 13:09, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: > >sparc was removed from sid. > > Yep... > http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2015/07/msg00023.html > > > So it looks like we must find what's got removed, restore it from > http://snapshot.debian.org/ and then re-upload that bunch to the > debian-ports with help of someone... And then fix all the FTBFS > bugs. Yup. However, http://www.freebsd.org/where.html indicates Sparc64 is still fully supported by FreeBSD. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD only ships for amd64 and i386. Perhaps porting it to sparc64 would be more future-proof than trying to get Linux back to sparc64? Bye, Joost - not a porter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150729050039.gx27...@beskar.mdcc.cx
netbooting sparc (was: Re: life after Wheezy?)
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 08:04:42PM +0200, Frans van Berckel wrote: > I found this 2007 post on netbooting Debian on a Sunfire V120 ... > https://www.pbandjelly.org/2007/12/debian-on-sunfire-v120/ FWIW, I did some write up at http://mdcc.cx/debian/sparc . Bye, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150729045234.gw27...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: life after Wheezy?
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 08:20:42PM +0200, Frans van Berckel wrote: > On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 18:05 +, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > > > > > > There's an even more basic question that I think needs to be answered. > > If SPARC's been removed from Debian, does this mailing list still exist? > > The wiki at mailing list mentions debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > https://wiki.debian.org/Sparc64 Indeed, I wouldn't worry about this list being removed from the Debian listserver soonish. As long as the list is alive & being used, I'd guess it's safe. Bye, Joost -- http://mdcc.cx/ - Tilburg, .nl - http://ad1810.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150728192212.gv27...@beskar.mdcc.cx
gratis af te halen / free pick up: sun, proliant dl 360 g4 servers and other hardware
Hi, I'd like to get rid of some old hardware, again. - an Ultra 5 Sun SPARC station - another Ultra 5 Sun SPARC station - an Ultra 10 Sun SPARC station - a huge Sun crt monitor - a SunBlade 1000 (tower model, huge and heavy) - a HP Proliant DL 360 1 U rackmountable server G4, intel xeon processor - 6 more of those: Six HP Proliant DL 360 1 U rackmountable servers, G4p, 2x 36 GB disk, 2 GB ram, 2 x dual core Xeon 3 GHz CPU. Of course: hardware raid support, iLO console access, hot swappable drives - lots of old Sun SPARC and PC periferals (cables, mostly: SCSI, monitor stuff, lots of powercables, ...) If you're interested and would like to use it, make an appointment with me & come and pick it up in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. If there's no interest, I'll bring it to the milieustraat / dump within a couple of weeks. Bye, Joost -- http://ad1810.com/x http://mdcc.cx/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140622061235.go25...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: netboot installation fails
You likely need to load some non-free disk drivers. There's some interface in Debian Installer to download them and add them to the installer's kernel. HTH, Bye, Joost -- http://ad1810.com/※http://mdcc.cx/ On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:48:06AM +0200, Hermann Lauer wrote: > Hello, > after working years (more or less) flawlessly, netboot > installation of sparc (here wheezy) fails on a V480 with a screen telling > not finding any kernel modules. Continuing without modules > did not find any disk drivers. In the log of the installation is > one warnig about this - see below. > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks and greetings, > Hermann > > Jun 18 09:11:38 main-menu[310]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected > Jun 18 09:11:38 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later > installation > Jun 18 09:11:52 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:57 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename):' > Jun 18 09:11:58 choose-mirror[1159]: INFO: suite/codename set to: > stable/wheezy > Jun 18 09:11:58 choose-mirror[1159]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian//dists/wheezy/main/binary-sparc/Release -O - > | grep ^Architecture: > Jun 18 09:11:58 anna-install: Queueing udeb wheezy-support for later > installation > Jun 18 09:11:58 main-menu[310]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't > exist (ignored) > Jun 18 09:11:58 main-menu[310]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' selected > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: gpgv: > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: Signature made Sat Apr 26 09:27:41 2014 UTC > using RSA key ID 46925553 > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: gpgv: > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic > Signing Key (7.0/wheezy) " > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: gpgv: > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: Signature made Sat Apr 26 09:40:30 2014 UTC > using RSA key ID 65FFB764 > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: gpgv: > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: Good signature from "Wheezy Stable Release Key > " > Jun 18 09:11:58 net-retriever: > Jun 18 09:11:59 anna[1218]: WARNING **: no packages matching running kernel > 3.2.0-3-sparc64 in archive > > > -- > Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres > Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg > IWR; INF 368; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-8236 Fax: -5224 > Email: hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20140618094806.gb13...@lemon.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140618105626.gp25...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: Sparc status ?
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 02:02:31AM +0200, Sébastien Bernard wrote: > Reading the 2 or 3 warning from from debian-devel-announce, > I'm afraid that the sparc architecture is going legacy the same way > that it did for the hppa. > What could it be done to keep this architecture as a first class citizen ? > > If I understood correctly, the debian port of debian is on watch and > should improve or it'll be removed from testing, > which would be unfortunate. > > What could be done to improve the situation of this port ? > Is the sparc architecture no more relevant to modern computing ? > > I'm willing to dedicate a share of my time or hardware if there's > something to be done. I'd guess skilled hacker time is more needed than hardware. Reading https://release.debian.org/jessie/arch_qualify.html , it seems major blocking issues are: "Using gcc-4.6 as default compiler" and "Have to run oldstable kernels". Related to this: only 1 porter, only partial upstream support. Bye, Joost - who'd _love_ to have a fully supported Debian on sparc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140418045627.gv2...@beskar.mdcc.cx
still! (was: Re: [FOSDEM] free pick up @ fosdem: SunFire V210 SPARC system)
Hi again,
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:17:20AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
>
> I'd like to get rid of (2) SunFire V210 UltraSPARC IIIi systems. They're now
> in
> Eindhoven, The Netherlands. I'll bring them to the FOSDEM conference. If
> you'd like to have one (bonus points if you're doing Free Software development
> on it) contact me for agreeing on a time and place to hand it over.
Up to now, I've found 2 people interested. (Ward and Simon). This means I'll
be stuck with some machines. So, if you're interested in a Sun SPARC system,
please reply now. Beware: you'll likely need a car for transportation; these
systems are quite cluncky. They're about 10 years old. Debian GNU/Linux and
some BSD's and some other distro's are known to be installable and supported on
these systems. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Fire .
Bye,
Joost
PS: visit me at the Debian booth, that's stand number 9 at level 1 in
building K (the "new" building)
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free pick up in Netherlands or Belgium: SunFire V210 SPARC system
Hi,
I'd like to get rid of (2) SunFire V120 UltraSPARC IIi systems. They're now in
Eindhoven, The Netherlands. If needed, I can bring them to Brussels, early
february: I'll visit the FOSDEM conference. If you'd like to have one, (bonus
points if you're doing Free Software development on it) contact me for agreeing
on a time and place to hand it over.
Bye,
Joost
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Re: Running applications remotely on headless SPARC box
Hi, On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 09:13:34AM +0100, Martin wrote: > On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 22:09 +0100, Kaya Saman wrote: > > > > I would like to use one of my V210's as an application server however, > > there is an issue while using X11 forwarding. > > > > I have enabled X11_forwarding under /etc/ssh/sshd_config however, > > whenever I try to start an application from my x86 box remotely using: > > > > ssh -X or ssh -Y > > > > I get presented with "cannot connect to X server". > > > > > > I guess that I will need to have the X server enabled on both client and > > server machines however, since my V210 doesn't have a GPU only the > > serial console what are my options? > > Not necessarily but you will need some of the X libraries installed so > you have xhost and similar. I don't recall which packages are needed > (they may be included in the suggested packages for openssh) but > installing xterm was sufficient last time I ran into a problem like > this. xauth is the one you need for tunneling X through ssh. Bye, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120918121922.ga12...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: Running applications remotely on headless SPARC box
Don't set DISPLAY. ssh -X should take care of that. Without export DISPLAY it might just work. Bye, Joost -- http://mdcc.cx/ xhttp://ad1810.com/ On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:09:10PM +0100, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use one of my V210's as an application server > however, there is an issue while using X11 forwarding. > > I have enabled X11_forwarding under /etc/ssh/sshd_config however, > whenever I try to start an application from my x86 box remotely > using: > > ssh -X or ssh -Y > > I get presented with "cannot connect to X server". > > > I guess that I will need to have the X server enabled on both client > and server machines however, since my V210 doesn't have a GPU only > the serial console what are my options? > > > This is what I'm doing regarding X11 forwarding on the client side: > > ssh -X host > export DISPLAY=host:10.0 > xterm > > --with regards to the X11 offset being set to 10 in the SSH config file > > I would also like to use XDMCP if possible but again that requires X > to start > > > Is there any way that one could create a psuedo graphics controller > in the SPARC box? > > > If I run "startx" the bottom of the Xorg log shows: > > > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory > (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support > at http://wiki.x.org > for help. > Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for > additional information. > > > > Can anyone suggest anything or help? > > > Regards, > > > Kaya > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50563ff6.7030...@gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120916211335.gc8...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: Oracle instant-client for Debian Sparc64
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 12:24:15PM +, Walter Reverdito wrote: > > I have the need to consult an Oracle DB on a Sparc64 Squeeze and seen this > package does not exist, > someone managed to install it? > or else I will have to resort to another server and another OS ... > AFAIK Oracle ships instantclient for amd64 and i386 only Good luck, Bye, Joost -- Joost van Baal-Ilić MSc ad 1810 Open Source Software Developer ∙ Unix System Administrator∙Eindhoven http://ad1810.com/ ∙ The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120906123813.gb30...@beskar.mdcc.cx
Re: Installing Squeeze on an Ultra 5
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 08:55:15AM -0500, Jack Hill wrote: > > I'm trying to install squeeze on my Ultra 5. The install failed with > I/O errors. I was fairly sure that the disk was fine because I had > no problems install/running Gentoo. After talking with some people > on #gentoo-sparc on freenode I learned that the IDE controller on > the Ultra 5 (01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0646 (rev > 03)) is buggy and these bugs aren't worked around in the new libata > driver, but are in the old-style IDE driver. > > Are there Debian install images/kernels in the repository that use > the old-style driver or will I have to build those myself? I'd try to use the lenny-installer and upgrade from that. Ugly, but will likely take you less time. Bye, Joost -- Lithium is about as common as chlorine in the Earth's upper continental crust, on a per-atom basis. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111209145155.gm4...@beskar.mdcc.cx
free pick up: Sun SPARC hardware
Hi, Tilburg University wants to get rid of some old hardware. - Sun SPARC Ultra 5 (very old, small) - Sun Fire 280 R "uvtws1" (you need 2 man to lift it: big) With FiberChannel HBA connected to disc cabinet - Sun Enterprise 220 R "kubsu3" (same size/weight as uvtws1) - Sun StorEdge T3 disc cabinet (9 discs, probably between 20 and 90 GB total storage) - Digital DLT SCSI tapedrive DS-TZ89N-TA (collectors item!) You can come and pick it up for free (i.e. gratis). Be sure to have some means of transportation. If you're interested, send an email to LIS Unix Hardware and make an arrangement about time. Be sure to mention exactly what you're interested in. Be quick! The systems are located at the Tilburg University campus, in The Netherlands. Generally we're available at weekdays from about 9:00 till about 17:30. Let us know what time suits you. BTW: we like cake. Bye, Joost -- Joost van Baalhttp://abramowitz.uvt.nl/ irc:joostvb at irc.uvt.nlTilburg University mailto:joostvb.uvt.nl The Netherlands signature.asc Description: Digital signature
www.debain.org: please update information on sparc port (was: Re: information given on http://www.debian.org/ports/)
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Hi Holger,
Op Thu 25 Aug 2011 om 09:52:23 +0200 schreef Holger Wansing:
> [debian-sparc in CC; fullquote due to this - Sorry]
Well, thanks for raising this issue!
> "stephan.g...@t-online.de" wrote:
> > Hello together,
> > on this URL is something written about the Sparc port.
> >
> > > sparc -Sun SPARC -First officially released with Debian 2.1. This
> > port runs on the Sun SPARCstation series of workstations, as well as
> > some of their successors in the sun4 architectures. - released
> > Well ... the SPARCstations are only the systems before sun4u ... such as
> > sun4c, sun4d and sun4m (and possibly sun4). This is documented on
> > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation.
http://www.debian.org/ports/index should be changed, here's a pseudo-patch:
s/
This port runs on the Sun SPARC station series of workstations, as well as some
of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
/
This port runs on the Sun SPARC Ultra series of workstations, as well as some
of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
/
> > But the Debian Sparc port only supports sun4u and sun4v (please see
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch02s01.html.en, chapter
> > 2.1.2).
> >
> >
> > 2.1.2. CPU and Main Boards Support
> >
> > Sparc-based hardware is divided into a number of different
> > subarchitectures, identified by one of the following names: sun4, sun4c,
> > sun4d, sun4m, sun4u or sun4v. The following list describes what machines
> > they include and what level of support may be expected for each of them.
> >
> > sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m
> >
> > None of these 32-bit sparc subarchitectures (sparc32) is supported.
> > For a complete list of machines belonging to these subarchitectures,
> > please consult the Wikipedia SPARCstation page.
> >
> >
> > I think it would be a good idea to correct the statement about sparc
> > support in the actual Debian release. The SPARCstation class is
> > absolutely not supported anymore.
> > Thanks.
> > Best regards,
> > Stephan
>
> Additionally to that, the sparc ports page under
> http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/
> says, that only sun4u is supported, sun4v is not mentioned there.
>
> CC'ing debian-sparc list for clarification:
>
> debian-sparc guys: could you provide patches for relevant sites
> of the website?
http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ should be changed:
s/
Supported is Sun4u machines
/
Supported are sun4u and sun4v machines
/
and
s/
does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture
/
does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architecture
/
> Is the installation manual correct or are there
> also changes necessary?
I believe the current stable installation manual is correct.
Issues with www.debian.org reported as bug.
Thanks, Bye,
Joost
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