Re: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.0 on Sparcstation

From: Q89029292 (q8902929@topaz.cqu.edu.au)
Date: Fri Nov 24 2000 - 15:20:10 PST

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From: Q89029292 <q8902929@topaz.cqu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.0 on Sparcstation

    Hi,

    Sounds like you need a leo frame buffer.

    Regards,

    Peter.

    On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Hanns-Dierk Bergler wrote:

    > I have a sparcstation 2 with 64 MB. The installation of SuSE 7.0 worked
    > great for me (YAST2 and built in ethernet). I use the machine as an
    > X-Terminal. The only thing i need is a X-Server (not FBDEV) which
    > supports more than 256 colors.
    >
    > michael.roth@bechtle.de wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > Externe Mail Michael Roth/Karlsruhe/Bechtle-Gruppe/DE 24.11.2000 09:16
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Hi *,
    > >
    > > I'm trying to install a Suse 7.0 Sparc Edition on a Sparcstation 2 with 64MB of
    > > RAM.
    > >
    > > I didn't found any docu on the Suse Webserver about Suse-Linux for Sparc, so I
    > > got the ISO-Image of the Suse-US und put it on a CDR.
    > >
    > > But the CD won't boot and the only error is "SI Program terminated" at boot
    > > time, which looks like a problem with the boot sector on the CD (Solaris 2.5.1
    > > is booting well from the CD).
    > >
    > > Any ideas oder links for installation ???
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > > Michael
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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