* Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020314 10:55]: > I have uploaded sparc and powerpc builds of boot-floppies 3.0.21 for > testing at: > > http://people.debian.org/~aph/debian/dists/woody/main/ > > We need help! Our non-i386 testing is decidedly weak. Please check > these images and ensure that they don't have any crippling problems. > This is the first set built purely from Woody. Changelog for 3.0.21 > can be found below. > > Please send any replies to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > If they are ok, I will release boot-floppies 3.0.21.
I've just used the sun4u tftp image to net install an AX1105-500. For those not familar with this machine, it's a motherboard Sun sells to VARs to build SPARC machines around. It's more or less equivalent to the Sun Blade 100 with some minor differences. I initally booted the machine with the USB keyboard and mouse connected (and a monitor)... got to the first prompt to select a keyboard (where it was still working fine) and selected the us type 4/5, even though this machine has a usb type 6. That was a mistake... the keymap was totally wrong. I decided instead to go the route I usually took - the serial console. This worked fairly cleanly with a few exceptions: * My installation method was "network". An improvement here is that the bogus /etc/resolv.conf problem is gone so DNS lookups work properly (yay!). But on the down side, anywhere where it looks like there should be a progress bar shows nothing of any value. Just a flashing cursor that sometimes moved. * After installing the kernel image, I selected "Configure Device Driver Modules" but it complained that there were none to configure. I'm thinking that it was looking for them in a .../2.4.18/ directory, but at this point: [11:46am] avocado:~$ uname -a Linux avocado 2.4.17 #1 Wed Mar 6 13:24:45 EST 2002 sparc64 unknown 2.4.17 is clearly installed. This is probably a one-liner typo. * The biggest problem I ran info however was after the system was installed... running base-config, I couldn't see which item I was selecting from the lists or the yes/no questions (no cursor). At this point, though, I have a working machine. For all of you wanting to install Debian on your SB100, this looks like a good candidate for giving it a whirl. Adam - if there's anything else you want me to try let me know either on or off the list. I've got a bunch of SPARCs here, ranging from the SS2 to this AX1105... I just figured this machine would be among the tougher tests for starters. :) If you've got this one, then most of the other Ultras should work as well... no idea about the 32-bit machines. Did you stick with a 2.2.x kernel for those? If so, you're probably safe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
