Re: Debian on SPARC T2+?
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 04:40:04PM +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote:
> Dear List
>
> I have successfully installed Debian Squeeze on a Sun T5440 (Sun Sparc
> T2+ processor). The installer just doesn't have the right network driver
> included, so there is no network available during installation. The
> correct kernel modul is "niu". After booting into the installed Linux,
> the driver is there and configuration has to be done by hand.
I've filed http://bugs.debian.org/608516 to get this fixed.
Best regards,
> Regards, Adrian.
>
>
> On 11/15/10 10:56 PM, Martin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 16:37 +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote:
> >> Dear List
> >>
> >> Is it possible to boot Debian on a SPARC T2+ System?
> >>
> >> Regards, Adrian.
> >>
> >> PS: Please CC, I'm not on the list.
> >
> > Given there have been successful reports of people running Debian on
> > T1's, it should be possible. The problem is more likely to be hardware
> > that doesn't have drivers or doesn't have drivers in the current default
> > kernel build. Using the hardware virtualisation support may offer a way
> > round this if it is a problem. Why not give it a go and report back.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Martin
> >
> >
>
>
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