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Re: SparcStation 5 reinstall



On Wednesday 28 September 2005 14:41, Mats Hellman wrote:
>
> I have an aging Sun SparcStation 5 that's been running debian for
> testing. I messed it up pretty bad a while ago and now I need to
> reinstall the base to get a fresh start.
>
> My problem is that I no longer have a monitor for it. So I was wondering
> if anyone knows a way to get into the install system over SSH or if it's
> possible to have it redo everything from within the existing
> installation.
>

You can do an installation using a serial console (i.e. a serial cable going 
between your SPARCstation and a PC running a terminal program).

Whether you can fix it without reinstalling depends on how it is broken...

Regards,
David.

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