Frederic Poncin wrote: > * Could somebody describe the current state of the base installation process. > (or maybe some pointers). > > * Is everything on debian.org (unstable/source, unstable/binary-sparc) or > some other ftp sites should still be used ? > > Thanks in advance
There is a base system under unstable/disks-sparc & unstable/binary-sparc. This installation method doesn't support floppy, but you can install via network. A file under disks-sparc/current, named Debian-SPARC.txt, describe how to proceed. However this installation is a bit buggy: you have to apply these steps before booting your client: 1/ fdisk is missing so you have to download it from ftp://lix.polytechnique.fr:/pub/Linux/debian/sparc/bo/disks-sparc or get it from RedHat. Put it under /tftpboot/debian-sparc/root/sbin. 2/ don't forget to use GNU tar to extract root.tgz on server (eg. SUN tar doesn't handle devices so they are extracted as plain files :-( ). Sorry, I don't provide standalone GNU tar & gunzip for other architectures to do configuration on server side. Either your administrator already provide them or you should build them yourself. 3/ /dev/nfs is missing on the debian-sparc-root, so you should add it yourself: mknod b 0 1 /tftpboot/debian-sparc-root/dev/nfs Furthermore, someone discovered that dselect looks for a binary-i386 directory, not binary-sparc. It's a bug that will be fix in the next release of dpkg (I saw a bug report against it few days ago). In the meantime, you have to proceed using dpkg. I should improve this disks set to support serial console boot & diskless workstation (it's on my todo list), but if you don't use one of these caracteristics, I guess you can success to install Debian. Hope this helps. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
