"Carver, Paul, NLSOP" wrote:
>
> I posted a question to the list recently about not being able to install LM7
> on an Ultra Enterprise 1 because part way into the install it tries to mount
> the CD from /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/sdb where it really is. I haven't been
> able to find any way around this problem, so apparently I can't install from
> CD. I tried putting the CD into a WinNT machine and doing an FTP install
> from there, but the filenames got truncated. My question is, are there any
> sites on the internet that I could use to do an ftp/http install?
If you have a standard PC with some HD space around, the best way I
would
guess, would be to install a _minimal_ PC Linux (Mandrake or
otherwise)
on it, then use it for FTP install on your Sun's (with your Sparc
Linux CD).
Shooting from the hip I would estimate that a minimal PC Linux install
would need between 150 and 200 MB.
Even better, there _are_ some distributions that DON'T require you
to install ANYTHING on the hard disk, you simply boot from a floppy
and install on a ramdisk in memory.
Some examples:
mulinux at http://sunsite.auc.dk/mulinux/
Tomsrtbt at http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
CClinux at http://www.CosmicChaos.com/CClinux/index.shtml
etc ....
So, if you can have the use of a PC for the time it takes to install
(I'd say one or two hours) your problem is solved ...
--
Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
74 Annemasse France
old Linux fan
