My understanding was that these things were designed to be installed via Jumpstart, not from CDROM. If you had an external CDROM you could probably convince the thing to boot from it (probably from the NVRAM command prompt) but I suspect the hardware would be sufficiently different to make a (say) Red Hat sparc linux distro not work, on account of the devices being somewhat different.
I notice these things are no longer in the Sun catalogue and they seem to have replaced the whole low end server range with the Cobalt range of Intel-based Linux boxes. Good luck, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Clark [mailto:matt@;noggin.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 1:12 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] netra x1 has anyone managed to get linux on one of these.... i am especially intereted in finding out how to boot off a cdrom to start the whole process tia, matt. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
