Re: setting up a screenless sparc1
sylvain <sylvain@mangoosta.fr> wrote:
> I just had a sparcstation1, given by my university. Unfortunately, it
> has no screen, and i don't know how live is the disk.
>
> I'd like to have a bit fun with, including eventually put a debian on it
> (as i have on 2 i386 already). i was looking a way of
>
> 1 - using an i386 box as a terminal for the Sparc. I know it's via the
> serial line, but all resarch gave nothing for this. Could anyone know
> how?
Get a cross-cable to connect the machines and try minicom or seyon
on the i386. The default serial settings are, IIRC, 9600 8N1.
The sparc console defaults to serial if you unplug the keyboard..
(check out the mail archives and the Sparc install howto. You
might also want to check www.netbsd.org and the Doc/Sparc sections)
>
> 2 - For later, be able to boot it, and see what's left on. rarp, tftp
> and bottparams are configured on a i386 box. For the moment, i couldn't
> manage finding a boot image or root/swap partitions. (by the way, do i
> need the UFS fs in the kernel?).
With Debian you don't need bootparam. Rarp and tftp will be enough.
The potato netboot images etc. can be found at your local debian
mirror under potato/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4cdm.
To inspect the disk later, you will have to build a kernel with
UFS and sun disklabel support. (unless the install kernel has them...)
It's been a while since I did this stuff, so I might me wrong
in some details, but I hope you get the general idea ;)
HTH,
--
Ragga
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