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 )
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 …
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 :
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, …)