Re: best version of debian-sparc to use?
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:38:39AM -0600, ***** charles wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just acquired an SS20 with the following:
>
> 128M of ram
> ZX frame buffer
> 1G hard drive
> Sony external bootable cdrom
> 75MHz cpu
> 19" monitor
> keyboard / no mouse
>
> I have tried to install three different OS's on it
> so far without success (Solaris 8, old version
> of Red Hat - Sparc 6.0 and the latest Debian
> Sparc download from an ISO sight). Solaris
> bombed because the frame buffer is unsupported.
> RedHat version and the Debian Sparc version
> bombed because of an error in the scsi sub-
> system, got an esp0 unending loop off the
> scsi bus.
>
> My questions:
>
> Which version of Debian-Sparc will successfully
> load on my particular hardware combination?
I have an SS20 running woody. I use the serial console (I don't have a
framebuffer), and I originally installed slink on it (using a 2.0.*
kernel). I dist-upgraded whenever a new stable release was made.
Are you sure you don't have hardware problems ?
Frank
> It seems that Solaris 2.6 should work but I do
> not want to pay the $50 to $100 they want on
> ebay just for a copy.
>
> thanks to all,
> charles......
>
>
>
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