Re: SparcStation 5 reinstall

2005-09-28 Thread Frans Pop 
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 15:41, Mats Hellman wrote:
> My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I was
> wondering if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH
> or if it's possible to have it redo everything from within the existing
> installation.

You'll have to run the first bit over serial console. After configuring 
networking, you can switch to a network console over SSH:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch06s03.html.en#network-console

Cheers,
FJP


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RE: SparcStation 5 reinstall

2005-09-28 Thread Mats Hellman 
Thanks,

I'll give the serial port a try.


-Original Message-
From: Romain Dolbeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: den 28 september 2005 16:48
To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: SparcStation 5 reinstall

Mats Hellman wrote:

> My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I was
wondering 
> if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH or if
it's 
> possible to have it redo everything from within the existing
installation.

Your best bet is probably to unplug the keyboard/mouse, and use a
dumb terminal hooked to serial port A ; you can also use a common
null modem cable between serial port A and another machine serial
port running a terminal software such as minicom.

good luck,

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Re: SparcStation 5 reinstall

2005-09-28 Thread Romain Dolbeau 

Mats Hellman wrote:

My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I was wondering 
if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH or if it’s 
possible to have it redo everything from within the existing installation.


Your best bet is probably to unplug the keyboard/mouse, and use a
dumb terminal hooked to serial port A ; you can also use a common
null modem cable between serial port A and another machine serial
port running a terminal software such as minicom.

good luck,

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Re: SparcStation 5 reinstall

2005-09-28 Thread David Johnson 
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 14:41, Mats Hellman wrote:
>
> I have an aging Sun SparcStation 5 that's been running debian for
> testing. I messed it up pretty bad a while ago and now I need to
> reinstall the base to get a fresh start.
>
> My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I was wondering
> if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH or if it's
> possible to have it redo everything from within the existing
> installation.
>

You can do an installation using a serial console (i.e. a serial cable going 
between your SPARCstation and a PC running a terminal program).

Whether you can fix it without reinstalling depends on how it is broken...

Regards,
David.

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SparcStation 5 reinstall

2005-09-28 Thread Mats Hellman 








Hello list,

 

I have an aging Sun SparcStation 5 that’s been running
debian for testing. I messed it up pretty bad a while ago and now I need to
reinstall the base to get a fresh start.

My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I
was wondering if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH or
if it’s possible to have it redo everything from within the existing
installation.

 

 

Thanks for any replies,

 

 

Mats Hellman

Finland