I got a sparc4 with 20 gig HD & cd rom for sale. OS installed is Suse 7.3
johnny agarwal --- Will Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to install SuSE linux 7.3 for Sparc onto > an old Sparc Classic. > All is well except I discovered that the Classic has > a bad on-board > ethernet port. This causes both the obvious problem > (no network connection) > and the side effect of: > > INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for > 5 minutes > INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for > 5 minutes > INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for > 5 minutes > INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for > 5 minutes > etc. > > which I believe to be the result of the Sparc's > ethernet port generating > error messages which SuSE thinks are attempts to log > into one of the > tty ports via the ethernet. > > I have available a Sun 501-2015 and a Sun 501-2981 > Sbus ethernet card and > would like to substitute such a card for the broken > onboard ethernet > port. The question is how to disable (or ignore) > the onboard port and > to recognize the Sbus card as either le0/eth0 or as > le1/eth1. > > I believe the Sparc Classic "sees" the ethernet > board on the Sbus, but I > am not sure: > > ok show-sbus > SBus slot 4 ledma le SUNW,bpp audio espdma esp > SBus slot 0 lebuffer le dma esp > SBus slot 1 cgthree > SBus slot 2 > SBus slot 3 cgthree > > Do I need to create a device name alias for this > card and/or remove or > redefine the existing devalias "NET" or "NET-TPE" > for the onboard port? > > ok devalias > screen > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],10000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],10001000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 > net-g net:,SUNXT_KERNEL.SUN4M > ... > net-aui > /iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8400010:aui/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c00000 > net-tpe > /iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8400010:tpe/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c00000 > net > /iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8400010/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c00000 > ... > > How do I do this and how do I identify the Sbus > /iommu address of the > device? > > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],10000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],10001000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],40000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],60000 > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],10000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],10001000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8400010/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c00000 > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],10000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],10001000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],40000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],60000 > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],10000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],10001000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8400010/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c00000 > > (The above addresses from the failed "watch-net-all" > openboot diagnositic.) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Will > The Old Bear > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
