Re: Debian 2.2rev2 on UltraSparcII
> I am attempting (and have been for the past day and a half) to install Linux
> on a Sun e250 I have here w/ dual 248mhz' USparc II's
> I have tried Redhat 6.2, Slackware 7.1, Suse 7.1, and Mandrake 7.1 (yes, all
> sparc iso's) and now Debian 2.2r2.
> Everytime during install I get either crashes, illegal ops, seg faults, or
> it plain wont give me a SILO prompt. I am starting to think I've got bad
> hardware or something.
> With this lastest distro, (debian 2.2r2) I get to the part where I can
> install device drivers if needed, i choose that step, then choose 'skip' to
> skip the step, and I get a seg fault...and thats as far as I get. I am
> taken back to the menu part where I can configure add'l device drivers.
>
> btw, I am configuring through the serial port
> oh, and i can install solaris 7 on this box just fine, so i dont think its
> hardware...
>
If you have an HW problem, I can help you.
1 - Install Solaris on a drive
2 - run /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v
3 - install SunVts package (SUNWsunvts on solaris suplement software CD), and
run it for 3 days 'non stop' in stress mode on CPU, memory and system board.
4 - phone to sun hotline
good luck
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