Uploaded aalib 1.2-w33 (sparc) to ftp-master

2000-12-15 Thread Debian/SPARC Build Daemon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:04:20 -0800 Source: aalib Binary: aalib-bin aalib1-dev aalib1 Architecture: sparc Version: 1.2-w33 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian/SPARC Build Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Joey Hess

Uploaded libsndfile 0.0.22-2 (sparc) to ftp-master

2000-12-15 Thread Debian/SPARC Build Daemon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:29:13 -0500 Source: libsndfile Binary: libsndfile-dev libsndfile0 Architecture: sparc Version: 0.0.22-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian/SPARC Build Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Hwei

Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-15 Thread Tommy Wu
1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't boot correctly except I add a append=mem=512m to let kernel use only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use all 1024MB RAM correctly) 2. Does

Getting started via serial line connection

2000-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hello, I've got my fine E250 machine, but run in trouble before thinking about installing Debian. There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer

Re: Getting started via serial line connection

2000-12-15 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
On Dec 15, Andreas Tille scratched in indelible ink : There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer and 25pin to 9 pin adapter to a Linux

Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-15 Thread Joshua Uziel
* Tommy Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001215 00:56]: 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't boot correctly except I add a append=mem=512m to let kernel use only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use

Re: Getting started via serial line connection

2000-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote: There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer and 25pin to 9 pin adapter to a Linux

Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Joshua Uziel wrote: This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. Huh, because we are at it. I'm going to install an E250 with 2GB memory. Is this also true for this machine??? Kind

Which floppy drive

2000-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hello, because I'm not able to burn a Debian sparc boot CD just now I wonder if I could insert a floppy drive into my brandnew E250 server to install Debian from floppy. Any hints if I could use normal PC IDE hardware? Kind regards Andreas.

Sparcstation 5/110mhz installationtroubles

2000-12-15 Thread Jimmy Lantz
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian/potato on my Sparcstation 5 / 110 mhz, I' not very successful, I'm having troubles to get the partition working ( i had it working erlier but then when I rebooted for the first time started the system I got too many errors when downloading pacages, so I was

Re: Sparcstation 5/110mhz installationtroubles

2000-12-15 Thread Ken Teague
Hmm, I found the auto partitioning method will simply create /dev/sda1 as / (Linux Native - type 83), /dev/sda2 as Linux Swap (type 82), and /dev/sda3 as Whole Disk and I'm unsure of the type right now. I don't particularily care for a single root partition to hold /usr, /var, and /home... evil.

SILO confusion...

2000-12-15 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, just trying to get my first Debian Sparc install done on a Sparcstation20, but it won't boot from disk, and it has no floppy. I got it up with the install CD (freshly burned from my rdist collection) and chrooted to /target and installed man-db so I could man silo, but I can't see what's

test

2000-12-15 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
ignore sorry for the noise, but I want to make sure my filters are set right -Jon

[Solved] Re: SILO confusion...

2000-12-15 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, Got it, PROM misconfigured (well not reconfigured after I shuffled disks) Nice :) -Jon

Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:33:57AM -0800, Joshua Uziel wrote: * Tommy Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001215 00:56]: 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't boot correctly except I add a append=mem=512m to let kernel use only 512MB. Is there any configuration

Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-15 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 03:09:34PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:33:57AM -0800, Joshua Uziel wrote: * Tommy Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001215 00:56]: 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't boot correctly except I add a append=mem=512m