Olivier Bourdon - Sun Microsystems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Text mode does not work both on local screen nor
> on terminal concentrator if machine console
> redirected to ttya or ttyb
>
> Annoyance:
> Menu item selection via arrow keys does not cycle
> ie: when you are on the first item on screen, back-arrow
> should cycle to last item. Idem for last item and forward-arrow
>
> Boot over local CDROM does not work even if graphical console
> shows that CD-ROM drive has been found
> Vendor Toshiba Model XM-5401TASUN4XCD Rev 1036
>
> CDROM does not seem to be readable by Solaris machines
> Could be usefull so that CD-rom contents be copy-enabled
> to hard drive/Solaris partition
Have you checked the md5sum of the iso, you should have :
7d87b40ff5ffb394e23e7e6530d15d9c usparc70beta.iso
>
> If boot over NFS and Mandrake directory present but empty,
> the boot process hang without any error
> Ie: does not handle the fact that the instimage or mdkinst
> sub-directories are not present negative NFS LOOKUP
> however it does it properly when the Mandrake top directory is
> not present
>
> file runinstall2 not present on CD iso image which prevents boot over NFS
> to succeed
You should have a problem on the iso, I checked this on our local iso image and
file exists.
>
> Boot over FTP also fails for same reasons
>
> Is it possible to get access to the source code of the USparc
> version of Mandrake somewhere
Yes, of course. take a look at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cvs.php3
graphic install project name is "gi".
>
> What are the machine configurations this was tested one
We have tested it on UltraSPARC5 and UltraSPARC1, previous version on
Enterprise250 and UltraSPARC5 (the version presented for LinuxExpo at Paris).
>
> Best regards
>
> Olivier
Best regards, Fran�ois.
