From: Sascha Uhl (sascha.uhl_at_gmx.net)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 21:45:33 CET
From: "Sascha Uhl" <sascha.uhl@gmx.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:45:33 +0100 Message-ID: <000101c2b369$11e7b110$1502a8c0@intranet.dmc.de> Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] Ultra5 and SuSE Installation.
Hi,
you have to be carefull with kernel which is included?!
I have the same machine with 7.3 running for about 2 months. There is a
bug in the tcp/ip stack. So you have to download a newer version. Using
the kernel included the tcp/ip stack crashes every 2-3 days and the
machine has to be rebooted...
Regards
Sascha
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cox [mailto:ccox@airmail.net]
Sent: Freitag, 3. Januar 2003 20:31
To: suse-sparc@suse.com
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Ultra5 and SuSE Installation.
So UniQ wrote:
> I've inherited a Sun Ultra5 from the sysadmin (who recently quit) and
I'd like
> to put Linux on it. I wish I could say that there was some great
reason for
> this, but it boils down to comfort. All of my computers (PC's) have
SuSE linux
> on them (v.7.3), so I'd like to christen this one as well.
Wise choice.
>
> So, the question: is there a step-by-step for this? Can this be
downloaded? I
> am assuming that I can't just use the distributions that I have. Or
can I?? I'm
> thinking I only need a Ultra5 image and then I can use the 7.3 CD's
that I
> already purchased to do the rest.
Download and burn the iso images from ftp.suse.com or a complete mirror
that includes the SPARC isos.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! By the way, if I've left off
some
> details about the machine, it's because I'm not to clear on them. It
has a
> CDROM, a floppy drive, and I believe 256MB of RAM. That's about all I
can
> figure out for now. I get around Linux very well, but getting around
Solaris
> has been a little daunting.
I've installed SuSE 7.1 on a Sparcstation 5 with a 1xCDROM and 128M...
no problems. Limited to 256 colors (8bit) and I used IceWM instead of
KDE (used an import utility to move the KDE menus to IceWM) for speed.
>
> Thanx in advance!!!
>
> -- Michael.
>
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