Re: Installation of debian on sparc IPX
At 11:22 +0000 12/10/03, Steven Hill wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to Linux and have only ever installed red hat through the
gui installer. I am interested to learn more about it and have
decided to install debian on a sparc IPX that I got free from work.
It has an Ethernet/scsi2 sbus card installed and a floppy disk
drive. I am also in the process of putting together a terminal cable
so I can connect it to my pc (running m$ windows xp). Can anyone
recommend the best way for me to go about the installation?
Thanks,
Steve.
Hello there
My debian machine is also a IPX with weitek powerup cpu. The
way I installed was to boot off a CD. AFAIK, booting off the floppy
will not work in that machine. I had a bit of a problem doing the
netboot, so I went for the cdrom. I downloaded the non-us ISO for
disk 1. Once I booted it, I told it to download everything off the
net.
One of my main problems during installation was partition the HD:
make sure / is under 1GB and you should be alright. If you have any
questions, either post here or mail me directly.
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