AW: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
Hi Pete, hi Mr. Zimmermann,
I am quite sure that the OBP will not recognize the SATA disk controller. We use an AHA29160 SCSI controller within an U60; the method of choice for booting is either a CD or a netboot (here). One could alternatively insert a small SCSI / PATA disk to boot from and mount the "real" disks at a later stage.
Bying equipment that is "known" by openboot is fairly expensive and IMHO not neccessary - if one can live with somewhat slower boot-up times via network or (faster!) CD.
Take care
Dieter Jurzitza
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Pete Clarke [mailto:pete@devilincarnate.eclipse.co.uk]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. März 2006 11:59
> An: Dr. Zimmermann
> Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
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> That would probably be cheaper, and fairly quick - does OBP
> recognise the SATA controllers as bootable devices? I haven't
> played with SATA so have limited knowledge in that area -
> SCSI is my "thing". :-)
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