----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Gevaerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: best version of debian-sparc to use?
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:38:39AM -0600, ***** charles wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just acquired an SS20 with the following: > > > > 128M of ram > > ZX frame buffer > > 1G hard drive > > Sony external bootable cdrom > > 75MHz cpu > > 19" monitor > > keyboard / no mouse > > > > I have tried to install three different OS's on it > > so far without success (Solaris 8, old version > > of Red Hat - Sparc 6.0 and the latest Debian > > Sparc download from an ISO sight). Solaris > > bombed because the frame buffer is unsupported. > > RedHat version and the Debian Sparc version > > bombed because of an error in the scsi sub- > > system, got an esp0 unending loop off the > > scsi bus. > > > > My questions: > > > > Which version of Debian-Sparc will successfully > > load on my particular hardware combination? > > I have an SS20 running woody. I use the serial console (I don't have a > framebuffer), and I originally installed slink on it (using a 2.0.* > kernel). I dist-upgraded whenever a new stable release was made. > Are you sure you don't have hardware problems ? I don't have a Sun cdrom to check the compatability of my Apple (Sony) drive. I would think that since it boots all the cd's I have tried that it should work ok but maybe not. I did find something in the older posts about RedHat that there was a bug in the scsi driver that caused my particular error but I would have thought that the newest Debian-Sparc that I downloaded would have taken care of that. I got the iso off http://www.linuxiso.org. The other thought is that the retailer I got the computer from has a pretty good reputation and usually sells solid hardware. I don't have any extra Sun hardware laying around to do pull and replace diags since I am new to this. charles......
