Re: Installing Debian on O2 HOWTO
On Apr 4, 2005 2:41 PM, Ladislav Michl <ladis@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:26:31PM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> > http://js1.kicks-ass.org/~js1/debianO2.html
>
> Few questions:
> * You are using arcboot, so why do you need at least 75MB volume header?
That's a good point. I had problems earlier when it was installing
the ip22 arcboot, and I got some message saying not enough disk space.
Plus, I got the 75MB value from the other Debian on MIPS sites
(linked in Martin's page). But, now that you mention it, 75MB may be
overkill. What do you recommend?
> * What is "SGI serial cable"? O2 has normal DB-9 connectors, so normal
> crossover cable will work.
In my experience, a serial cable that would work on our other
networking gear (switches and routers) would not work on the SGI for
some reason. But, when I used the SGI branded serial cable on the O2,
it works. I've been told some Ciscos have similar issues with
non-Cisco branded serial cables. Weird.
> * Not everyone lives in United States and doesn't need proxy ;-)
>
I didn't need a proxy, either...
> Good work otherwise.
>
Well, it wasn't that hard to cut and paste the serial console output,
plus I needed to document it for myself as I have a few O2 installs to
do. Getting Linux to run on these O2s have given them new life.
Happy to share my (in)experiences.
--
Jiann-Ming Su
"I have to decide between two equally frightening options.
If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman
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