Sun's ([[sparc]] [[CPU]]) support [[Linux]] or [[Solaris]] aka [[SunOS]] , (also called Slowlaris) Wish I want some RaM ( Ultra10 : RaM to a maximum of 1024 MB in four DimM slots ) * http://www.amazon.com/512MB-Ultra-Systems-X7039A-Memory/dp/B001FOVV30 ===== Install Linux Debian on Sun Ultra10 ===== 1/ Download Image : http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-sparc/current/images/netboot/boot.img 2/ setup network : BootP and ArP (not DhcP) On any [[Unix]] host to setup your RARP and BOOTP: sudo apt-get install atftpd rarpd # cd /srv/tftp/ # ln -fs boot.img tftpboot.img # ln -sf tftpboot.img C0A801DF.SUN4M # ip address in hex (see later) # ln -sf tftpboot.img C0A801DF # cat /etc/ethers 08:00:20:89:55:FA 192.168.1.223 Default SuN's IP is (C0A801DF) : # echo 192.168.1.223 | tr '.' '\n' | xargs -n 1 printf "ibase=10; obase=16; %s; \n" $1 | bc # C0A801DF sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager stop ; sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 sudo /etc/init.d/rarpd restart # check busybox tftp -g localhost -l /dev/null -r C0A801DF.SUN4M busybox tftp -g 192.168.1.1 -l /dev/null -r C0A801DF 3/ Boot sun (w/ connected MonitoR , been said VgA is usable if you unplug GpU card ) press Stop+a boot net video=atyfb:off" # (else it will hang on console setup ...) You'll see the image dl for a few minutes ... * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639958 * http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra10.ws/805-7764-12/805-7764-12.pdf * http://www.aurel32.net/info/debian_sparc_qemu.php# QEmU ==== [[Linux]] Sun ==== ftp://ftp2.fr.debian.org:/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/tftpboot.img (Obselete) Get the network boot image. The March 2005 release is here: ftp://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc32/netboot/boot.img Later model Sun machines with openboot 4.x firmware or higher support DHCP and is preferred to RARP+BOOTP. DHCP can replace RARP and BOOTP. For old model sun machine (eg. Sparcstation 4) RARP and BOOTP are both needed. Current Linux distributions now have rarpd support as an add-on package. On sun prompt (openboot 4.x Firmware): boot net : IP_SERVER (IP_SERVER is the IP address of host machine having boot image) On sun prompt (pre openboot 4.x): boot net MisC : * http://www.unixgarden.com/index.php/gnu-linux-magazine/installer-debian-sur-sparc ==== [[ShortCut]]s ==== * [[BIOS]] : STOP-a (press STOP key and "a" key together) * boot on [[CDRom]] : boot cdrom ==== [[Resources]] ==== * http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.sparc/index.html ==== Sun [[Monitor]] ==== Écran Sun Ultra 5, NOT VGA , but can be adapted : http://www.bedroomlan.org/~alexios/hardware_sunmonitors.html, http://www.infos-du-net.com/forum/75711-6-ecran-sun, ...) ==== [[Hardware]] ==== * SparcU10 : http://jmtrivial.info/images/bureau.jpg * http://jmtrivial.info/tutoriels/materiel/ * [[Laptop]] : http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra3/index.xml ===== misc ===== * [[WindowsSoftware]] : http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=vendor&iId=624&sAction=view&sTitle=View+Developer * http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sunshack.org www.dosiamckay.com/ebay/045s-sun.jpg ===== MORE ===== @TaG: UniX SunOS ComputeR TftP @related [[Debian]] [[GNU]] [[Linux]] [[Hardware]] TFtp {{http://www.dosiamckay.com/ebay/045s-sun.jpg}}