Re: Sun Enterprise 250
On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 11:03:34AM -0600, Ben Reubenstein wrote:
> HELLO ALL!
>
> This past weekend a fallen .com allowed our IT department to get a Sun
> Enterprise 250 Server. It currently has Solaris installed on it and we
> plan to back that system up. But our ultimate goal is to install debian
> linux.
>
> Our biggest hurdle so far was finding a keyboard for the thing!
>
> I am very familiar with linux but only on intel machines. I also have
> only used red hat and mandrake with their very friendly graphical
> interfaces.
>
> As a newbie I must ask:
>
> How much trouble is it to get debian running on this sun box?
>
> What are the necessary ISOs to obtain?
>
> What is everyone using thier sun box for?
>
I'd suggest a serial console. Might be easier.
For a decent net install, use:
http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2
You can also netboot using the sun4u/tftpboot.img at the same location
above.
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