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

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

• BIOS : STOP-a (press STOP key and “a” key together)
• boot on CDRom : boot cdrom

• http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.sparc/index.html

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, …)

• SparcU10 : http://jmtrivial.info/images/bureau.jpg
• http://jmtrivial.info/tutoriels/materiel/
• Laptop : http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra3/index.xml

• 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

@TaG: UniX SunOS ComputeR TftP @related Debian GNU Linux Hardware TFtp

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