Message-Id: <200201041729.g04HTvV25148@mail.moulen.org> From: Anthony Moulen <ajmoulen@moulen.org> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:25:23 -0500 Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Sparc Ultra5 and Suse7.3 Install success-so far
Good information. I also installed on an Ultra5 but in my case I had
completely multilated the box first ;-). I lost the Sun Disk labels on all
the drives, and SuSE's partition tool didn't create proper labels to make the
drives bootable. I then proceeded to do the stupid thing of putting boot on
disk1 instead of disk0 (disk0 is a 100gb WD drive, and disk1 is the original
8gb Sun HD). I had to download the Debian Sparc CD, boot that up, label the
drives then install SuSE. I then decided this would be a good time to play
with LVM and messed that up a few times. But now I have a system that runs
happily for the most part. Rebooting requires manual intervention because I
can't figure out how to change the boot device from disk0 (or just disk) to
disk1.
It is funny you say you have a US kit that came with your Ultra 5, I am in
the US and had a UK kit that came with mine, had to ship that back and get a
replacement kit. In my case, the system came with the wrong power cord and I
didn't have any laying around to steal for the Sun at the time. But without
the keyboard it was pretty worthless anyway.
Oh well, I can say that I am a happy owner of a Sparc running SuSE 7.3 now.
Makes a great server. If only memory for it didn't cost an arm and a leg.
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