On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 09:30:55AM -0700, Greg Gonnerman wrote:
>
> > From: Stephan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Hmm, I doubt that Solaris will be acceptable on this low-end
> > machine. You can go for SunOS or a free BSD instead.
>
> Well, Solaris actually works ok. I've got 2.5.1 installed on
> another disk. It boots within a minute or so, and within another
> minute after logging in, it's running OpenWindows and has Netscape
> started. Not exactly blazingly fast, but ok with me.
Well, if it works for you good luck. I have Solaris on a couple of
diskless SLC's and assorted other stuff, and it is painfully slow for
most tasks. It will work fine as a server, but not for interactive
use.
> > However, I have installed Red Hat 4.2 and 5.2 without a hitch via
> > TFTP/FTP on both an SLC (which shares the SUN4c architecture with the
> > SPARCStation 1+) and a Classic.
> >
> > What installation method did you use? Floppy, CD or Network?
>
> I'm doing the installation via CD. This system is at home, and
> I don't have another machine to boot from. Also, there is no
> floppy drive in the system. Going into this I thought installing
> from CD would be the least problematic approach. It appears, however,
> that most people who have installed Linux on the old SparcStations
> have done so over the net. It looks like the process of installing
> from CD hasn't been thoroughly debugged yet.
That is very likely. We did get our first CD ROMs with a SPARCStation
10, before that it was network install or tapes. I think most of the
older SPARCStations have acually been designed without CD's in mind,
and some (like the SLC's) do not even have floppy controllers - it's
the result of SUN's first network computer mania.
I know that there has been some trouble with some Red Hat boot images
- perhaps your CD is not quite up to date?
Bye,
Stephan
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