> > Congratz. I envy you the opportunity. > > I envey me it too....I have wanted one for so long. yesterday was > my birthday and...I saw them atthe flea market...sorta became a birthday > present.
Happy birthday! > hitting those milestones...20 years old...got my first sparc...yes this > year is starting out much better than last year :) *Grin* > > > can I use my i386 linux box to make up the base dist disks? > > > Are there any common problems I should be aware of? > > > > Lowlevel format the floppies on the sparc, stick 'em in the i386 and dd > > 'em. Then stick 'em back in the sparc and boot up. Voila. > assuming I get it up and runnign with RedHat...how do I low-level format > a floppy? (I almost never use floppies these days...with TR-4 tape > drives and 3.2 gig hard drives...come a long way from my Apple II GS > with an 800 k floppy and no hard drive) I believe 'fdformat' would work, but I'm not sure if that's canonical. Most of my sparc experience is Solaris.. the funny thing is, I actually kinda liked Solaris. :> But Linux was like 4 times as fast. > > > also...is that 3/80 good for anything? what CAN i do with it...if not use > > > linux > > > -Steve > > > > If you don't want it.. ;> > > lol didn't you say that last night on IRC? :) If I can't do anything > with it I would get rid of it...not quite ready to give up on it > just yet....but if I can't find a use for it...ill remember you asked ;) Of course there's something you can do with it. :> -Kysh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
