On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Kevin J. Kalupson wrote: > I've been running debian for over two years now on PC's and now doing server > related things as well. I am about to acquire a sparc 5 and a sparc 10 > workstation. Will they work in a similar fashion as a PC? What I mean is, > will I be able to install debian and have them function as stand alone > machines on my network or are the dependent some how on a larger sun server? > I have allready assumed answers to these questions but I have learned to know > better than to count on assumptions. Does anyone have any recomendations for > a new sun with linux user, etc?
Well, the machines aren't PCs. They are different, yes, and the install procedure is slightly different, but it's nothing that can't be overcome with a bit of poking around. A few things you'll need to know: stop-a drops you to firmware (prompt is 'ok') to boot from a CD-ROM, one usually types: 'boot cdrom' or if that doesn't work, you can specify the device's full path, starting with /iommu (you can 'cd /iommu' and 'ls' once inside to check out the contents). Once you have Linux installed on these boxes, they will function much like their PC counterparts; they are indeed independent of a large-scale server. But, the above machines are rather slow, and they're the old 32-bit SuperSPARC-class chips (SPARCstations are about ten years old now, maybe more). They are fun to play with, though, so enjoy :) -- Kelsey Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer/UNIX Systems Administrator Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
