Re: locales

2000-12-18 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
> On Dec 18, Bruno Waes scratched in indelible ink : > after an apt-get upgrade the new locale systems got installed, but now i > dont have the right keymaps on my type5 keyboard ... > now in /etc/locale.gen the line > en_US ISO-8859-1 > is uncommented, but that doenst seem to be the right one > a

Re: superformat

2000-12-18 Thread ferret
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:22:12AM -0500, John F. Davis wrote: > > Hello > > > > Does superformat work on a sparcstation? I was trying to use it last night > > and I kept getting errors. > > > > I gave up and just formated the floppy in a pc. > > I

locales

2000-12-18 Thread Bruno Waes
after an apt-get upgrade the new locale systems got installed, but now i dont have the right keymaps on my type5 keyboard ... now in /etc/locale.gen the line en_US ISO-8859-1 is uncommented, but that doenst seem to be the right one any idea how i can get my right keymap back ? bruno

No nedit for sparc woody ?

2000-12-18 Thread Dinh-Tuan . Pham
Hi all, I have just (partially) upgrade a sparc box to woody (from potato). I saw that apt-get remove the package nedit and when I try apt-get install nedit, it says that Package nedit has no available version, but exists in the database. So where is nedit ? has it been removed from

RE: PC keyboard STOP-A sequence?

2000-12-18 Thread Ted Roberts \(IT\)
I discovered by accident that Hyperterm on my NT box transmits the Stop-A when I hit Ctrl-2 (the number Two on the top row) -Original Message- From: Tad Bilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 11:24 AM To: Bill Jonas Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: PC

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Karl Hammar wrote: > 0, write down network configs and such >rarp support in opal kernel >tftp installed >local mirror exported ro via nfs > 1, on hematit, power on, stop-a, boot net > 2, on opal, run insmod and make sure hostname is in either dns or /etc/hosts > 3

Re: boot cdrom single

2000-12-18 Thread Tad Bilby
You need to get to a SILO prompt and issue "linux single"  (at least that works for me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc]$ more sysctl.conf # Disables packet forwarding net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 # Enables source route verification net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 # Disables automatic defragmentation (needed f

Re: PC keyboard STOP-A sequence?

2000-12-18 Thread Tad Bilby
- should work. Tad Bill Jonas wrote: On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 08:51:23AM -0800, Ian Setford wrote: > I have Debian on an Ultra5 which is connected via a > KVM to a PC keyboard. How can I issue the "Stop-A" > command to get the boot prompt? Maybe - or --A? -- Bill Jonas    | "If you hav

Re: Official 2.2rev2 CD Kernel Panic on boot

2000-12-18 Thread Tad Bilby
Make sure cdrom block size is set to 512 bytes.     There may be a block jumper on the cdrom near where termination is set.     Standard PeeCee block size of 2048 will not work. L1-A == Stop-A Tad Ken Teague wrote: I just downloaded and burned 2.2rev2 and attempted to use it to boot my SS20.  Dur

Re: superformat

2000-12-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:22:12AM -0500, John F. Davis wrote: > Hello > > Does superformat work on a sparcstation? I was trying to use it last night > and I kept getting errors. > > I gave up and just formated the floppy in a pc. IIRC, it only works with 2.4.0 kernels. I forget the reason.

superformat

2000-12-18 Thread John F. Davis
Hello Does superformat work on a sparcstation? I was trying to use it last night and I kept getting errors. I gave up and just formated the floppy in a pc. John -- We host web sites: http://www.skink.net

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Karl Hammar
Regarding booting a sparc from the net for installation. This is how I boot for installation e.g. a U10 (hematit) from a local mirror (opal). 0, write down network configs and such rarp support in opal kernel tftp installed local mirror exported ro via nfs 1, on hematit, power on, st

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Erik Mouw
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:28:21PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Jaehnigen wrote: > > > > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > > > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > > > > Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically gen

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Andreas Jaehnigen
Hi again, On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > > > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > > Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically generated due > What is an "ARP server". An ARP server translates a

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Jaehnigen wrote: > > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > > Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically generated due What is an "ARP server". I followed the instructions in the SPA

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Andreas Jaehnigen
Hi Andreas, On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically generated due to some networking problems.. Typically, the tftp images are lo

Re: Which floppy drive

2000-12-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Erik Mouw wrote: > Sun machines are able to boot from network, so instead of fiddling with > new hardware, it might be easier to do a net boot. See section 5.5 from > the installation manual: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/sparc/install Hmm, my box seems not to f