From: Roland Turner <raz@arrakis.com.au>
To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: complicated install of ultralinux 1.0.9
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:46:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90975635620970@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90968467023021@msgid-missing>
charlie N wrote:
> I have two sparc ultra 5 machines sitting in my office running solaris
> and really want to convert from crappy solaris to the UltraLinux ver
> 1.0.9. However, the installation procedure, specifically the boot
> procedure is utterly too complicated.
I see the network boot procedure as pretty simple, I just can't get it
to work :-)
(I'd really love to hear from anyone who has UltraPenguin working on an
Ultra 60 or an Enterprise 1.)
> There has to be a simpler way to
> install v1.0.9 on my Sun machine. Could someone burn me a bootable CD
> with v1.0.9 (I would pay for it) because I am certain that I will not
> be able to get tftp to work, along with the other procedures required
> to install the boot sequence.
Well, consider this a tentative offer. I have access to a burner, and
hardware on which I can test the result. If someone can point me at
documentation on how to create a CD-ROM that will boot on a SPARC, I'll
burn a few.
- Raz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-30 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-29 18:07 complicated install of ultralinux 1.0.9 charlie N
1998-10-30 13:46 ` Roland Turner [this message]
1998-10-30 19:30 ` charlie N
1998-10-31 0:16 ` David Andrew - Sun MDE
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