It is resolved, I helped Dennis install via USB. Gave him a step-by-step guide for both USB and NFS. We walked through it together live. Both USB and NFS should work for him. A group of us also helped fix his blastwave program, on his blastwave irc channel. I enjoyed meeting all of them. Dennis is happy for now. Unsure when he will try Debian. We were all up pretty late across various time zones
I will retry the latest Solaris CBE, to see if I can install via NFS and USB. My install issue is different from what he experienced. He also has newer firmware installed on his system. Something I don’t have. On another note, will try your new kernel regarding IB asap. Good to know all this work is really making a difference for others. Regards, Tony > On Sep 25, 2025, at 2:40 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Mon, 2025-09-22 at 19:50 -0700, Tony Rodriguez wrote: >> **Revised: Fixed some typos and clarified a step to easily detect nfs >> related "SUNRemote ISO CDROM" boot string. >> >> Many ways to accomplish this goal, just showing what works on my end. >> In any event, successfully installed Debian 12 sparc64 via NFS as well. >> So USB and NFS based Debian12 sparc64 ISO installs all work on my end. >> Hope the following step-by-step will help. > > Useful guide that we can certainly add to the Debian Wiki. > > Dennis, you can maybe also try this guide: > > https://blog.yucas.net/2014/04/02/solaris-installation-on-a-sparc-t3-from-a-remote-cdrom-iso/ > > I think you should just be able to attach an ISO from the ILOM web interface. > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer > `. `' Physicist > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
