From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roland Turner Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:46:58 +0000 Subject: Re: complicated install of ultralinux 1.0.9 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org 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