Re: [suse-sparc] Help with installing SuSE 7.3 on a Sun Blade 100

From: Linux - User (linux@ods.co.cr)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2002 - 14:55:12 PST

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    Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:55:12 -0600
    From: Linux - User <linux@ods.co.cr>
    Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Help with installing SuSE 7.3 on a Sun Blade 100
    

    ># hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb

    that should be user the the lilo prompt ?

    and any idea about how to avoid the strange points on the screen that
    appear on the installation...

    also.. after that the installation continue ?

    > > > > >I also tried to install a blade 100 with SuSE, and I had some other
    > > > > >issues. Yast2 doesn't get X up properly, so you would have to use the
    > > > > >yast2 text interface[1].
    >
    >I must correct myself. I've just saw a blade 100 running the X installer
    >;)
    >
    > > yikes... what I want to do is to setup a dual boot because I have also a
    > > SunPCI II Pro that doesn't have any drivers or software to be run on
    > > Linux.. so I can't leave the solaris at 100% because of that..
    > >
    > > Is there any one that know if the drivers exist for the Sun PCI under
    > Linux ?
    >
    >I plan to start making driver for the SunPCi in about a month of so. I'm
    >still reading some docs about kernel programing so I don't blew it up
    >;).
    >
    >I don't know if any SuSE users are interested in having support for the
    >SunPCi and want to help out.
    >
    >--
    >Alvaro Figueroa
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