Re: where can I download linux for sparc?
> BTW I downloaded redhat zoot-sparc.iso and my sparc10 cdrom cannot read
> it, said scsi device 6,0 is not responding. I guess may be it is not
> compatible.
Make sure your SPARC can boot from the CDROM before going any further. Be
positive you don't have a hardware problem, or you'll just be frustrated
for a long time.
Once all that's sorted, look up "jigdo" and go from there.
http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd
A piece of advice about jigdo: ALWAYS choose an HTTP site, NEVER choose an
FTP site. I and at least one other person have bad experiences with wget
trying to get things from FTP sites. I could not get my Debian SPARC ISOs
built until I figured out this little idiosyncracy.
If you truly want to download an ISO, I think you have to settle for 2.x
(Potato?). Those are the only true ISOs I could find. All 3.x (Woody) was
in jigdo format, which appears to be The Way Of The Future.
Notice here:
http://us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/current/jigdo
There's a "sparc" directory at the very bottom.
All this I found from debian.org following what I figured were obvious
links.
Enjoy,
--
Tim Ellis
Senior Database Architect
Gamet, Inc.
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