sun blade 1500 install

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>]

hello,

i am trying to install debian on a sun blade 1500.

this box has:

* hard disk, obviously :)
* cdrom
* network port

* NO floppy

i have tried installing with two different approaches:

1) tftp boot install. 

short answer why this approach fails:   the boot image does not seem to
contain support for the network interface (tg3).


2) cdrom sarge pre rc2 install.

short answer why this approach fails:   the boot image has no keyboard
support after leaving the openboot prompt.


does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks,

matt zagrabelny