Re: OTS: Need Help: Solaris + Sparc + Network Install + Linux
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Orion the Hunter wrote:
> Quoting Ryan Kirkpatrick <rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu>:
> > Ok, I will try 2.2.x. I just updated my P100 to Debian 2.1
...
> > reboot and cross my fingers! :)
> > I will try it this evening. Thanks for your help!
>
> Be advised, though, that you'll need more than just compiling the new
> kernel. You'll need to upgrade some packages to get the system working
...
> and other 2.2.X? I'd be interested to know what one should do to get
> them working together. Regards,
Thanks for the warning. I usually don't use modules at all anyhow
on the P100, so it should not really affect me. And yes, I did all the
necessary homework before upgrading to 2.2.2. :)
Actually, Debian 2.1 plus the sysmisc and netstd package from
potato was all I needed. 2.2.3 compiled and booted just fine, and it does
seem a bit faster (anything to breath a bit extra life into my old and
trusty P100 is of value! :).
I enabled the kernel nfs server and the emulation option mentioned
earlier, but I am unable to get the user space end of it (linux-nfs tar.gz
I was told I would need by the kernel docs) to compile. It looks like it
is a bit out of date for the 2.2.3 kernels (had patches for 2.1.x etc...).
Does anyone have any experience with that, or where I can get a more
updated version of the user space support program for the kernel nfs
server?
As it stands now, when knfsd is enabled in the kernel, the machine
does not respond to mount requests from other Linux machines on the
network. Removing the module (compiled it as one for testing) and starting
back up the user space nfs server works fine (except for the Sparc of
course :( ).
I haven't given up yet. Thanks for everyone's help.
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