Re: Linux on a Sun Enterprise 5000?

[Pieter-Paul Spiertz <pspiertz@sci.kun.nl>]

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Hi,

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Pieter-Paul Spiertz wrote:

> Anyway, thanks for your help! I'll try to return to this list when I have
> actually installed the beast :)

I just tried to install Woody with a net installation (tftpboot.img) on
this Enterprise 5000 (6x300MHz, 6x1GB RAM, 2 StorEdge D1000 disk cabinets
with 8x18 GB differential scsi harddisks each).

Linux boots successfully! It reports that all CPU's and network cards are
recognized and happily starts the Debian installer. However, the disks
are NOT recognized, so the installer assumes the thing is a diskless
NFS-client :)

How can I install Debian on this machine? Do I need a special tftpboot
image, with a better kernel, or is this disk cabinet not yet supported?


Regards,
Pieter-Paul

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