Re: debian on Sun blade 100
Paul Sajda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been trying to get my Sun blade 100 up and running with debian > and have had little success. I tried to use the tftpboot.img from Ben > Collins "current" directory but am having some ARP/RARP and/or TFTP > problems. What problems did you run into? Did you read the section in the installation manual about setting up a TFTP server and netbooting? It's a little bit tedious to get set up at first, but once you've done it it's pretty straightforward.
Re: debian on Sun blade 100
On 03 Aug 2001 09:37:27 -0700, Paul Sajda wrote: > I have been trying to get my Sun blade 100 up and running with debian > and have had little success. I tried to use the tftpboot.img from Ben > Collins "current" directory but am having some ARP/RARP and/or TFTP > problems. Any word on when there will be a cdimage release of debian > which will run on the Sun Blade 100? Also assuming I get it to boot, > has anyone installed the entire base system and packages from CD 2 and > CD 3 (or equivalent) on their blade 100? Any advice or pointers would > be much appreciated--else I will need to go back with Solaris 8 (I much > prefer GNU/Linux). first off, make sure you have tftpd and rarp on in your server machine (inetd on some distros, xinetd on others). then, you will need to have the mac address of the blade correspond to the ip address you want to give it in your /etc/ethers the blade will get the ip address based off its mac address and then request a file from the server based off its IP address in HEX. this file should be in your configured tftpboot folder. so, if my IP address is 10.2.4.194, the file the blade will request on my setup is /tftpboot/0A0204C2 which I have as a symlink to tftpboot.img from ben collins current directory. at the ok prompt, you would type: ok boot net:10.2.4.191 where 10.2.4.191 is the IP address of the rarp/tftpboot server. email if this does not work for you... -tduffy
Re: debian on Sun blade 100
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:37:27AM -0700, Paul Sajda wrote: > I have been trying to get my Sun blade 100 up and running with debian > and have had little success. I tried to use the tftpboot.img from Ben > Collins "current" directory but am having some ARP/RARP and/or TFTP > problems. Any word on when there will be a cdimage release of debian > which will run on the Sun Blade 100? Also assuming I get it to boot, > has anyone installed the entire base system and packages from CD 2 and > CD 3 (or equivalent) on their blade 100? Any advice or pointers would > be much appreciated--else I will need to go back with Solaris 8 (I much > prefer GNU/Linux). There usually aren't CD's made until right before release. If you need help with tftp/rarp, you can get help here :) As for the tftp images, try the older images (2.x.x) at the same URL. -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
debian on Sun blade 100
I have been trying to get my Sun blade 100 up and running with debian and have had little success. I tried to use the tftpboot.img from Ben Collins "current" directory but am having some ARP/RARP and/or TFTP problems. Any word on when there will be a cdimage release of debian which will run on the Sun Blade 100? Also assuming I get it to boot, has anyone installed the entire base system and packages from CD 2 and CD 3 (or equivalent) on their blade 100? Any advice or pointers would be much appreciated--else I will need to go back with Solaris 8 (I much prefer GNU/Linux). Thanks Paul -- Paul Sajda, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering 530 W 120th Street Columbia University New York, NY 10027 tel: (212) 854-5279 fax: (212) 854-8725 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
