Re: configure sources.list
> On 14 Nov 2016, at 21:18, rod <r.schnell@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote:
>> On 11/14/2016 9:51 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> On 11/14/2016 04:34 PM, rod wrote:
>>> Thanks for the quick response. Now I know how my day is going to go. I
>>> think I have another functioning machine which I will put a fresh
>>> install on and investigate packages and migrate from old to new.
>>>
>>> I now the information on how to do this is within the list so I'll dig
>>> around and see if I can consolidate it into one document. (Wish me luck!)
>>
>> I wrote a small guide which should help you getting Debian/sparc64 installed:
>>
>>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2016/06/msg00126.html
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>
> Thanks Adrian!
>
> I've gotten the new machine up with few problems not covered in your
> document.
>
> I've got the following error messages:
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3
>
> Can I add the following:
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Sid-updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ Sid/updates main contrib non-free
>
> ##### SOURCE
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Sid-updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ Sid/updates main contrib non-free
>
> or will it blow things up?
That won’t work; sparc64 is only available from debian-ports (ie from
ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports or a handful of other mirrors). There’s
no equivalent of contrib/non-free either (we have enough work as it is
getting all of main to work). The security and -updates suites are only
available for testing and below, even on release architectures, not sid.
Nothing will blow up; apt will just moan at you saying it can’t find
sparc64 for each of those (but just a warning; things will still work).
James
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