Re: Boot procedure on old SPARCs

2001-02-21 Thread Sean R. Lynch
ss in hex (no dots or 0x) followed by a . and the architecture, i.e. SUN4[CDM]. One of my boot files looks like D888B0FD.SUN4M. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:geekboi MSN:kg6cvv Yahoo:kg6cvv ICQ:10107887 GPG key

Re: some strange kernel message...

2001-02-21 Thread Sean R. Lynch
disabled for 5 minutes I think you need to disable the virtual console gettys in /etc/inittab; just comment them out, since they're useless anyway without a monitor and keyboard. Make sure you are running getty on your serial port though, or you won't be able to get into the box at al

Kernel bug in 2.4.0?

2001-02-01 Thread Sean R. Lynch
riate parties? I don't know if this is specific to Sparc, but I've never reported a kernel bug before. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:geekboi MSN:kg6cvv Yahoo:kg6cvv ICQ:10107887 GPG key fingerprint = 540F 19F2

Re: TFTP install -> SILO woes!

2001-01-30 Thread Sean R. Lynch
id, or maybe it just couldn't see the whole filesystem and luckily my kernel was before the 1GB mark. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:geekboi MSN:kg6cvv Yahoo:kg6cvv ICQ:10107887 GPG key fingerprint = 540F 19

Re: Net install: SS20

2001-01-30 Thread Sean R. Lynch
he same machine as the tftp server. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem!" -Ronald Reagan, 1984 540F 19F2 C416 847F 4832 B346 9AF3 E455 6E73 B691 Bay

Re: cdrom

2001-01-30 Thread Sean R. Lynch
27;ve installed Debian on a Sparc. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem!" -Ronald Reagan, 1984 540F 19F2 C416 847F 4832 B346 9AF3 E455 6E73 B691 Bay Area Anarcho-Capit

Re: Installing debian

2001-01-19 Thread Sean R. Lynch
Debian is more important than keeping my mail server from breaking). I've had Hamm, Potato, and Woody on it as well. Just be aware that if you use Sid it's possible that not everything will work. -- Sean R. Lynch KG6CVV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/ "Go