i have sparcstation5 i have a solaris 2.6 cd from the factory and i can reinstall it all day long (literally) without problems i want to install linux and run gnome and or kde i didnt find an iso image for debian (where can i get one?) so i downloaded and burnt a redhat 6.2 for sparc iso image to cd on my win98 pc. it hangs during the install, usually on the same file (image-magic 3.4.xx), the 5th file installed, if i install X. i have two cd's burnt on different burners and they both lock up at this same file. i tried a different cd rom drive and the same thing happens. i've been using linux native partitions, that never get fully built apparently, and i have to remove the old ones to get the new ones to take and go into the install and then it locks up again at the same file i have a segate 1.0 gig ultrascsi and 2 gig ibm ultra scsi. i've set them both up individually and the same thing happens. i think my hardware is ok because solaris will install..... should i use the sun/sparc native partitions instead of native linux? should i give up and learn solaris? do i need more ram ( i have 64 megs)? it's kinda slow, i guess. i set my swap file to 128megs -- too big, too small? should i manually set /home /var /usr and /
thanks and help! lars hall
