Fwd: RE: Sparc Station 20 and Etch
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: RE: Sparc Station 20 and Etch Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:33 From: Andrew, Chris Mr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hamish Greig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guys, I substituted testing and it just said something like repository not found. Back to the drawing board. Thanks, Chris. CJH ANDREW DII SA4a2a Mil: 94382 3450 Civ: 01225 813450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hamish Greig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 November 2005 20:18 To: Andrew, Chris Mr; debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:43, you wrote: Would it be easier just to change my /etc/apt/sources.list and do a dist upgrade? Thanks, Chris. easier ? try both and let us know ? hehe, just toying with you, I really couldn't say which would be easier or cleaner, they are both options. I would just choose one and give it a try, if you aren't happy with the results for some reason, let the list know the outcome and issues and then try the other option. I don't actually know of any issues with either option, someone on the list might be kind enough to tell you if they are aware of any. Hamish -- 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: Sparc Station 20 and Etch
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:50, you wrote: Hamish, Tried all the optiond available using the installer, but modprobe didn't occur to me. yep, switch to vt2 and modprobe esp. it might be the same problem. Hamish CJH ANDREW DII SA4a2a Mil: 94382 3450 Civ: 01225 813450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hamish Greig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 November 2005 02:28 To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 01:26, Andrew, Chris Mr wrote: Hi, all. Just subscribed to the list after being off it for 6 months plus. Has anybody managed to install Etch on A SS20? I do boot cdrom, CDROM boots, start the install, all looking good, then installer tries to detect my CDROM (that I booted from), and prompts me for modules. I have tried all the options, but no luck. can you clarify what you mean by all the options, I know when I installed to an e3000 a mo0nth or so ago I had to modprobe esp before the cdrom and disk drives could be found. So easy to fix I forgot to ever mention it. Hamish BTW, I booted the default Etch kernel. It's quite annoying, because my Sparc only likes new media, not CDRW'sso getting through some disks. BTW, I reported this twice as a bug, but no acknowledgement, so not sure if being addressed. Next plan could be a Sarge install (no probs), then maybe see if apt-get dist-upgrade works. I've never tried this. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris. CJH ANDREW DII SA4a2a Mil: 94382 3450 Civ: 01225 813450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:43, you wrote: Would it be easier just to change my /etc/apt/sources.list and do a dist upgrade? Thanks, Chris. easier ? try both and let us know ? hehe, just toying with you, I really couldn't say which would be easier or cleaner, they are both options. I would just choose one and give it a try, if you aren't happy with the results for some reason, let the list know the outcome and issues and then try the other option. I don't actually know of any issues with either option, someone on the list might be kind enough to tell you if they are aware of any. Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 01:26, Andrew, Chris Mr wrote: Hi, all. Just subscribed to the list after being off it for 6 months plus. Has anybody managed to install Etch on A SS20? I do boot cdrom, CDROM boots, start the install, all looking good, then installer tries to detect my CDROM (that I booted from), and prompts me for modules. I have tried all the options, but no luck. can you clarify what you mean by all the options, I know when I installed to an e3000 a mo0nth or so ago I had to modprobe esp before the cdrom and disk drives could be found. So easy to fix I forgot to ever mention it. Hamish BTW, I booted the default Etch kernel. It's quite annoying, because my Sparc only likes new media, not CDRW'sso getting through some disks. BTW, I reported this twice as a bug, but no acknowledgement, so not sure if being addressed. Next plan could be a Sarge install (no probs), then maybe see if apt-get dist-upgrade works. I've never tried this. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris. CJH ANDREW DII SA4a2a Mil: 94382 3450 Civ: 01225 813450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:26:47PM -, Andrew, Chris Mr wrote: Hi, all. Just subscribed to the list after being off it for 6 months plus. Has anybody managed to install Etch on A SS20? I do boot cdrom, CDROM boots, start the install, all looking good, then installer tries to detect my CDROM (that I booted from), and prompts me for modules. I have tried all the options, but no luck. BTW, I booted the default Etch kernel. It's quite annoying, because my Sparc only likes new media, not CDRW'sso getting through some disks. BTW, I reported this twice as a bug, but no acknowledgement, so not sure if being addressed. Next plan could be a Sarge install (no probs), then maybe see if apt-get dist-upgrade works. I've never tried this. On an SS20 - I had Etch running for a while IIRC. Best plan is probably to do an absolutely minimum Sarge install, then change your sources.list and do an apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade. This works for me almost every time on any machine I try it: the trick is to have as little as possible installed as you upgrade and add it gradually thereafter. If you need to install 1000 packages: install 200 and add the rest 50 at a time: takes longer but is generally much less error prone :) Andy Any ideas? Thanks, Chris. CJH ANDREW DII SA4a2a Mil: 94382 3450 Civ: 01225 813450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
