ok -- I have got another sparc box (Enterprise 420R IIRC) which I successfully "deployed" so I didn't even try console redirection etc.
If anyone in eastern USA (along route NH/VT -> NYC) wants to get the Sunblade 150 for Debian-related activities -- let me know, I might be able to drop it off some time ;) > Thank you Patrick -- that was a good call and made me finally do that -- > take it out. Unfortunately results are identical. > I also ran into a success report (CCing Christoph -- do you remember > details? ;) ) > http://identi.ca/christophegger > turns out serial console + atyfb:off together let me install !debian > #squeeze on sunBlade 150 #sparc > so I have also tried with video=atyfb:off and console=ttyS0,115200 > kernel params to get connection via serial (had usb dongle on another > side, it even blinked on 'receive' end when box was just starting but > then nothing appeared in the console) -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120217175016.ge16...@onerussian.com