I was using it as simply a second workstation while my main
workstation was
down, and one that my girlfriend could use while I had my laptop
and tablet
with me. However, I wouldn't mind putting it to more well-deserved
uses,
like an LDAP server, backup server, db server, etc. So, I was
I'd like to add my own good experience using Debian
3.1 on Ultra5s; both 333 and 400 Mhz models perform
wonderfully well as web servers using PHP/Mysql and/or
Postgresql.
One negative point though: I found switching to a
non-English keyboard to be somewhat tricky and leading
to an unpredictable
Please reply to the list rather than to me personally - I do read the
posts and it allows others to benefit from your wisdom.
The IDE limitation is 120GB (ish) - however, this does not mean it
wouldn't be a useful backup box - stick a USB card in, very cheap
these days, and attach an external
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An: Dr. Zimmermann
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That would probably be cheaper, and fairly quick - does OBP
recognise the SATA controllers as bootable devices? I haven't
played
Hi Pete, hi Mr. Zimmermann,
I am quite sure that the OBP will not recognize the SATA disk controller.
We use an AHA29160 SCSI controller within an U60; the method of choice for
booting is either a CD or a netboot (here). One could alternatively insert
a small SCSI / PATA disk to boot from and
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Subject: Re: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 08:10 am
From: Joseph M. Gaffney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 05:58 am
Hey everyone, new to the Debian lists in general, so if theres a good archived
reference to anything that I may have overlooked, please let me know :)
I have a Sun Ultra 5, which I can't remember what size drive I put in it,
currently running Sarge. However, its off pretty much all the time
Hi!
I doubt it is a sparc related question, it seems like it is just a
beginner one. Answering anyway.
Window maker is a window manager, not a desktop system like gnome or
KDE. I bet you can use all your gnome and kde applications under it
(all you have installed that is).
If you don't like
Hi everybody,
got a problem using X on a Sun Ultra 5 ...
Installed packages: gdm,kdm,xdm
gnome, kde, wmaker
The problem is:
Choosing kde or gnome on the debian-X-login screen it will login to
windowmaker and this hurts me a little bit.
Does anybody how I can fix the
Choosing kde or gnome on the debian-X-login screen it will login to
windowmaker and this hurts me a little bit.
Do you have an .xinitrc or .xsession laying around in your home?
Gruss
Steffan
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On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:00:07PM -0500, John Rumball wrote:
I have an Ultra 5 on which I am trying to install Debian 3.0r0 (woody) from
a bootable CD, which I downloaded last week using the jigdo method.
After I press, enter at the boot: prompt, I get an error saying:
Cannot find
I have an Ultra 5 on which I am trying to install Debian 3.0r0 (woody)
from
a bootable CD, which I downloaded last week using the jigdo method.
After I press, enter at the boot: prompt, I get an error saying:
Cannot find /boot/sparc64.gz (Unknown isofs error).
John,
I'm not sure why this
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