Re[2]: [Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10

[Jerry S.]

Hello Mark,

  Maybe to get started, you should try and download the iso from:
  http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=4
  They have the Debian 3.0 iso images there and the "generic" boot
  from the sparc port should work.  I haven't tried it so don't know
  for sure.  If you just want to try and get linux installed and
  running, you could always try the old RedHat 6.2 (I have installed
  and run it for a long time.)  Problem there is that RedHat has
  dropped sparc support.
  ftp://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/6.2/en/iso/sparc/
  or http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html

  I understand Suse and Mandrake also have sparc ports now that are
  more current than the RedHat port.

  jer

Friday, September 27, 2002, 3:59:50 PM, you wrote:

MH> jer --

MH> I have a feeling I mucked up the download.  I used jigdo for the first time 
MH> and ended up with a 596M iso file which I burned to a CD (double-clicked on 
MH> the file and it wrote itself to the CD).
MH> On the Sparc, I did a Stop-a, then boot cdrom.  At the next prompt, I should 
MH> just have to hit enter to load the OS, but that's when I get the can't find 
MH> sparc64 error.  If I type rescue Linux loads, but once I've used fdisk to 
MH> create a sunlabel partition I'm pretty much stuck, because the install 
MH> process stops at that point.

MH> I don't see a /boot on the CD (BTW--I'm really new to all this Linux stuff 
MH> and using Sun H/W isn't helping--it's sort of like the first time I ever sat 
MH> in front of a PC), so I'm not even sure I have all the S/W I need on the 
MH> disk.

MH> Mark


>>From: Jer_57 <jer_57@cox.net>
>>Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
>>To: tfug@tfug.org
>>Subject: Re: [Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10
>>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:47:20 -0400
>>
>>I haven't done a debian install in a long time, but a Sparc10 is only 
>>32bit, not 64!  Are there different images for 64 vs 32bit machines?
>>
>>jer
>>
>> >
>> > From: "Mark Hildabrand" <azwxman@msn.com>
>> > Date: 2002/09/27 Fri PM 04:22:41 EDT
>> > To: tfug@tfug.org
>> > Subject: [Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10
>> >
>> >
>> > Ok, I've booted from the CD, but when I attempt to install Linux, I get 
>>a
>> > message saying the system can't find /boot/sparc64.iso
>> >
>> > I'm currently running jigdo again and having it compare the CD I created
>> > against the files available on the mirror site--in case I missed a file 
>>the
>> > first time.
>> >
>> > Anything else I might try?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >
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Best regards,
 Jerry                            mailto:jer_57@cox.net