RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-25 Thread Martin
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 06:30 -0700, Peter Crawford wrote: > At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:14:00 +0200 > joel.bertr...@systella.fr wrote, > > Etch for both. SS2 cannot run with Sarge. > > Thanks. > > > I know, but as sun4, sun4c and sun4m support have been dropped, you > > have to install another OS or dr

RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-25 Thread Peter Crawford
At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:14:00 +0200 joel.bertr...@systella.fr wrote, > Etch for both. SS2 cannot run with Sarge. Thanks. > I know, but as sun4, sun4c and sun4m support have been dropped, you > have to install another OS or drop your SS2 :-( OK thanks. Will try to put Etch on the external drive

Re: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-25 Thread BERTRAND Joël
Peter Crawford a écrit : At Mon, 25 May 2009 11:29:27 +0200 joel.bertr...@systella.fr wrote, Etch worked fine. Sarge doesn't work due to some bugs in kernel and libc. Is that for SS2 or SS20 or both? I have a SS2. Etch for both. SS2 cannot run with Sarge. For an old SS2 (I have

RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-25 Thread Peter Crawford
At Mon, 25 May 2009 11:29:27 +0200 joel.bertr...@systella.fr wrote, > Etch worked fine. Sarge doesn't work due to some bugs in kernel and > libc. Is that for SS2 or SS20 or both? I have a SS2. > For an old SS2 (I have one), or all sun4[cdm] stations, you have to use > NetBSD 4.0.1 (or 5.0 in U

Re: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-25 Thread BERTRAND Joël
Chris Andrew a écrit : I don't have the URL to hand, but support for sparc (32-bit) was dropped with Lenny. In practice the best I managed was Sarge on an SS20, with multiple problems with Etch, even if I installed Sarge then did a dist-upgrade. Etch worked fine. Sarge doesn't work due to so

Re: RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-24 Thread Chris Andrew
I don't have the URL to hand, but support for sparc (32-bit) was dropped with Lenny. In practice the best I managed was Sarge on an SS20, with multiple problems with Etch, even if I installed Sarge then did a dist-upgrade. HTH, Chris. On May 24, 2009 2:04 PM, "Peter Crawford" wrote: Michelle

RE: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-24 Thread Peter Crawford
Michelle wrote, > ... for the SS10 Woody was the last > release which worked. I suspect, that Sarge, Etch or even Lenny/Squeeze > will work on the SS2. I'm puzzled. If Woody was the last release to work on the SS10, why will a later release work on the SS2? Martin wrote, > ... check when supp

Re: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-24 Thread Martin
On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 21:34 -0700, Peter Crawford wrote: > An old Sparcstation 2 has been running Woody since > it was installed ca. 2002 by diskette -> network. > Recently I've added an external 18 GB drive and > am interested to install a newer Debian to it. Can > anyone comment _pro_ or _con_ a

Re: Debian on a Sparcstation 2

2009-05-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Peter, I am running a "HiFi-Tower" of ten SparcStation 10/512 (2 x 40MHz) and one SparcUltra 5 as controller, but for the SS10 Woody was the last release which worked. I suspect, that Sarge, Etch or even Lenny/Squeeze will work on the SS2. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening