On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:26:11PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > > > Ben Collins wrote: > > IMO, the Debian install is a lot simpler. As I said Debian supports what the > > kernel supports, which is any sun4c, sun4m, and sun4d (we also support > > sun4u, > > ultrasparc, with the proper kernel). SPARC Classic is a sun4c, the same cpu > > Excellent, so basically I can install Debian on my Sun. > BTW, uname -a says that the machine is sun4m; what kind of Sun is that? > LX? There's no letter printed at the front panel of the machine. I said > "classic", but actually it was a wild guess.
Sounds like it, and my LX is actually running very well (I suggest you upgrade to a > 2.2.7 kernel after installing with the 2.2.1 slink boot disks). Right now it's serving as my web/ftp server, and the central database for the Debian SPARC autobuilder. > > type of the SPARC Station 1 that I have been running Debian on succesfully > > (including the latest unstable version of Debian, potato). > > Is there any ftp site that I can download the Debian for Sun kernel > file? I don't have the CDs yet, but I'd like to boot the machine using > Debian and see how the procedure goes. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-sparc/current/ You will need the resc1440-2.2.1.bin, drv1440-2.2.1.bin, root-2.2.1.bin, and base21.tgz files (if you can't serve base21.tgz over nfs, then get the seperate pieces and put them on floppies). There's also an install.txt(.html?) file if you need some extra help. Once you get the base system installed and booted, I strongly suggest upgrading it to potato. Debian's SPARC dist has seen great improvements since slink released. Ben
