Message-Id: <200202212002.g1LK2rI09722@slimnblack.bouncing.org> From: nod <nod@bouncing.org> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:04:52 +0000 Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Install suse linux to SparcStation 2 without input device and monitor
this comes from
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue75/orr.html
Here follows the story of the geekiest use I've ever put my Palm III to.
I bought a Used Sparc Classic and it came with a hard drive, RAM, keyboard
and mouse. It did not come with a monitor. Since I planned for it to be a
server, the lack of a monitor wasn't a big deal except that I couldn't
install Linux on it (or anything else for that matter) without being able to
see what I was doing.
Palm III to the rescue! I had a serial cable that plugged into the bottom of
the Palmpilot connected to a gender bender, connected to a DB25 <-> DB9 cable
to plug into the serial port of the Sparc. The serial port on the
Sparc actually has the wiring for both /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1, but the
first serial port has the same wiring as a PC, so it worked fine. Last but
not least, I unplugged the keyboard.
Now that the hardware side was figured out, I downloaded a freeware vt100
program for my Palmpilot and configured it for the proper baud rate, stop
bits and such. When I turned on the Sparc, it tried to find a keyboard
and failed. Then it found a vt100 terminal on the serial port and used the
Pilot as a console. I installed RedHat 6.2 to my Sparc using that tiny little
screen.
After the install was done, I rebooted and telnetted in from my PC.
Everything worked perfectly.
On Thursday 21 Feb 2002 7:27 am, you wrote:
> I just want to make use of my old SparcStation 2, but I does not have
> keyboard / mouse and monitor for this machine. Can I install suse linux to
> it without keyboard / mouse and monitor?
> Thanks.
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