Re: Tried and failed to netboot the Sun Netra X1
On 8/31/25 07:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Dennis,
On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 07:45 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
However eventually the GRUB just dies with no clue what to do.
My suggestion would be to install using the netboot installer in Wheezy:
https://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-sparc/current/images/netboot/
yep .. that works :
[ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.0.18 2002/05/23 18:22'
[ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: sun4u
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.2.0-4-sparc64
(debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) )
#1 Debian 3.2.78-1
[ 0.000000] bootconsole [earlyprom0] enabled
[ 0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
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Or install SUSE Linux for SPARC:
https://fsck.technology/software/SUSE%20Linux/SUSE%207.3%20SPARC/
I never even thought of that.
Let me know when you want to try SUSE Linux for SPARC, I can send you the TFTP image.
You can then replace the kernel with a custom one which I can provide to you
to test the kernel patch on your Netra X1.
At the moment I can get wheezy running. It *may* be possible to drop the
NETINST iso image onto the second disk using wheezy. No idea.
SUSE Linux may be another way to go here or even Gentoo.
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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
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