On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 04:40:04PM +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote: > Dear List > > I have successfully installed Debian Squeeze on a Sun T5440 (Sun Sparc > T2+ processor). The installer just doesn't have the right network driver > included, so there is no network available during installation. The > correct kernel modul is "niu". After booting into the installed Linux, > the driver is there and configuration has to be done by hand.
I've filed http://bugs.debian.org/608516 to get this fixed. Best regards, > Regards, Adrian. > > > On 11/15/10 10:56 PM, Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 16:37 +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote: > >> Dear List > >> > >> Is it possible to boot Debian on a SPARC T2+ System? > >> > >> Regards, Adrian. > >> > >> PS: Please CC, I'm not on the list. > > > > Given there have been successful reports of people running Debian on > > T1's, it should be possible. The problem is more likely to be hardware > > that doesn't have drivers or doesn't have drivers in the current default > > kernel build. Using the hardware virtualisation support may offer a way > > round this if it is a problem. Why not give it a go and report back. > > > > Cheers, > > - Martin > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- Jurij Smakov [email protected] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
