Re: Sparc/Linux status
Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> I recently tried installing Sparc Linux onto a SS2 I have here, and
> boy, I hate to say it, but it's a mess under Debian.
> I'd love to help compile packages for Debian/Sparc (or maybe it's
> S/Debian? *wink*).. it seems it's desperately needed.
>
> For instance, why does Red Hat 4.2 for Sparc have fdisk, but the
> Debian install doesn't?
>
> Why does Red Hat have a boot floppy, but Debian doesn't?
>
> Why is dinstall terribly broken in the base1_2.tgz in the
> disks-sparc/current directory? I couldn't even convince it that I'd
> mounted my root partition (it kept telling me I needed to for some odd
> reason..)
>
> What can I do to help? Right now, unfortunately, the SS2 is running
> Red Hat, because I wanted X and yp and other goodies.
>
> Ben
Yes, I know that boot disks set is painful to use :-(( I made it available as
is to help developers to start their port to Debian. It need a lot of
enhancements/bugfixes, but I don't have time to work on it for 1.5 month at
least. Sorry.
Furthermore, I don't have a Sparc (even without floppy drive) I could use to
validate the installation procedure.
So, I don't object to anyone how want to take over this package. I can
provide a set of patches against an old boot-floppies package (1.2.17 ?) as a
start point for a new developer.
BTW, boot-floppies should be enhanced to really support diskless installation
and serial consoles.
About fdisk, a binary program is available in util-linux 2.5-9 package found
in Debian/Sparc tree. I just made a mistake when I built boot disks that made
it unavailable.
Eric.
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