Sparc Debian?

2000-03-04 Thread Robert L. Harris
I just got a Sparc 330. In tact, etc, minus a single bad simm. Only question, is there a Sparc Debian distro? I have Slink, 2.1 CD already. Is there a way I can boot off this CD when I get a CD-ROM in it so I can install linux on it? Robert :wq

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread aphro
try make zImage or bzImage or zdisk or bzDisk i dont know if zdisk or bzdisk (bzDisk?) are valid options but i know zImage and bzImage is, vmlinuz is not as far as i know. zImage is used for kernels that can load in the 640kb of memory, bzImage will load in 'high' memory (above 1MB i believe) for

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 11:59:35AM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > > > meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmunix > > make: *** No rule to make target `vmunix'. Stop. > > > > Also > > > > meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmlinux > > make: ***

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmunix > make: *** No rule to make target `vmunix'. Stop. > > Also > > meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmlinux > make: *** No rule to make target > `/usr/local/src/linux/include/asm/param.h', needed by > `

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Aaron Solochek
meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmunix make: *** No rule to make target `vmunix'. Stop. Also meatball:/usr/src/linux#make vmlinux make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/src/linux/include/asm/param.h', needed by `/usr/local/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h'. Stop. Whats wrong here? -Aaron

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I am trying to compile a new kernel on a sparc, running debian. I make > menuconfig, make dep, make clean, but after that I don't know what to > do. zImage, bzImage, zlilo, bzlilo do not work. What do I do? YOu need to do 'make vmuni

Re: compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 01:02:21AM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > I am trying to compile a new kernel on a sparc, running debian. I make > menuconfig, make dep, make clean, but after that I don't know what to > do. zImage, bzImage, zlilo, bzlilo do not work. What do I do? # make vmlinux # gzip

compiling kernel on sparc/debian

2000-02-02 Thread Aaron Solochek
I am trying to compile a new kernel on a sparc, running debian. I make menuconfig, make dep, make clean, but after that I don't know what to do. zImage, bzImage, zlilo, bzlilo do not work. What do I do? -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sparc debian partitions

2000-02-01 Thread Aaron Solochek
I have a sparc 5 with a 2.1gb drive internal, and a 4 gig external. I'm fed up with solaris, so I want to try to install debian on it. However, I have no idea how to partition the drive. This is going to be an imap server (only for a dozen people) and possibly an AFS server, depending on how muc

Sparc Debian

1998-03-06 Thread Ossama Othman
would be nice to be able to partition a disk using Debian instead of some other external means. Are the sparc debian disks going to be updated soon? It seems that they are almost a year old. Sorry about the nagging. I just really want to use Debian, instead of being forced to use RedHat for Sparcs

Re: Sparc Debian?

1997-09-02 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Michael" == Michael Solomani Mifsud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Where can I get more info on Debian Sparc? I had a quick Michael> look at the debian.org.au mirror and couldn't spot anything Michael> relative in the index. Also, does this build of debian have Michael> its own setup di

Re: Sparc Debian?

1997-08-30 Thread Michael Solomani Mifsud
Where can I get more info on Debian Sparc? I had a quick look at the debian.org.au mirror and couldn't spot anything relative in the index. Also, does this build of debian have its own setup disks like standard debian? Thanks. Michael electric RAIN http://www.

Re: Sparc Debian?

1997-08-27 Thread Johnie Ingram
th Linux on a SparcStation 20. First I FTPd the kernel and debian-sparc-root and installed it according to the doc file (which curiously, referred to it as sparc-debian-root). Then I configured bootpd and did a "boot net" -- which failed of course. I had to follow the HTML links and stu

Sparc Debian?

1997-08-26 Thread Michael Solomani Mifsud
Does Debian make a version of Linux (UNiX?) for sparc machines? If so, what kind of preformance comparison between solaris 2.5 and SunOS? Thanks. the man who can not wonder is but a pair of spectacles behind which there are no eyes -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "u