Re: Would like to help...
Ryan,
If you have another Sun system running Solaris, you can use it as a
server without booting Linux on it. On my UltraSPARC - Solaris server,
I use "arp -s" instead of "rarp -s" to configure the connection for net
boot of Linux, and the tftpboot.img is in a /tftpboot directory. Other
operations are about the same between them, I believe.
Good Luck,
David
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> In message <[🔎] 19990315025406.A12286@helios.etherforge.com>, Ryan Zenker
> writes:
> >I have an ultra1 that I would love to try debian on, unfortunatly I
> >have seen much information online and no sign of an unstable dist.
> >I would be more than happy to help in any way I can, but the only
> >ultra I have is production, so that limits my options...
> >Could someone post an update of sorts about this port?
> >Thanks.
> >
> >--
> >Ryan Zenker
> >
>
> Here's some info I got from Steve Dunham on how to install- the
install is
> very similar to the UltraPenguin install (in terms of setting up and
using
> RARP, TFTP, etc.)
>
>
> ......
>
> The best thing to do is a tftpboot install. You'll need another linux
> machine and a network between the two machines.
>
>
> On the sparc:
>
> Find out it's MAC address by looking at the screen: 8:0:20:x:x:x
>
> On the other Linux box:
>
> * Make sure the kernel has rarp support (if it's in a module you'll
have
> to load it). "rarp -a" will tell you if you have support compiled
in.
>
> * Enable tftpd by uncommenting the tftpd line from /etc/inetd.conf.
> Then send SIGHUP to the inetd process.
>
> * Fetch tftpboot.img from my ftp site:
>
> ftp://ftp.cse.msu.edu/pub/debian/install.new
>
> and place in /boot (world readable).
>
> Make a symlink from tftpboot.img to the hex IP address of the sparc,
e.g.
>
> ln -s tftpboot.img /boot/C0A80101
>
> if the IP is 192.168.1.1. Use a relative link - tftpd chroots
> into /boot.
>
> * Also get the rest of the stuff from the "install.new" dir and export
> it via NFS to the sparc. (The base2_1.tgz and the sun4u directory.)
>
> * Add the rarp entry on the other Linux box:
>
> rarp -s 192.168.1.1 8:0:20:1:2:3
>
> where "192.168.1.1" is the IP of the Sparc, and "8:0:20:1:2:3" is
> the HW address.
>
> * Now, you can start a tcpdump, if you want to watch, then type:
>
> "boot net"
>
> At the PROM prompt on the UltraSparc.
>
>
> It should acquire an address, then download a large tftp image, then
> boot into Linux. You want to do configure Network before you install
> the kernel or base (so you have an NFS option). Point it at the
> location of your copy of base2_1.tgz and the sun4u stuff.
>
> After you go through "make the disk bootable" and everything and
> reboot Linux should come up. If it doesn't, try "boot disk:a"
> (assuming the Linux partition is /dev/sda1).
>
> One other caveat: the mkswap on the boot image might not work - if it
> doesn't, you'll have to set up swap after you boot into Linux.
>
>
> For X, you should get the xserver-mach64 from either my ftp site or
> from ~iko/public_html on master (the one on master is newer and will
> go into slink RSN). If the version is 10.1 (or older) you'll also
> need to grab:
>
> ftp://ftp.cse.msu.edu/pub/debian/XF86Config
>
> and put it in /etc/X11. (Anders is fixing the package to include
this.)
>
> This will give you 1152x900x16bit at a 76Hz refresh, if you want a
> higher resolution, you'll have to drop down to 8bit mode.
>
> Steve
> dunham@cse.msu.edu
>
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