On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Brad Roberts <braddr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:40:41 -0700 (PDT) > > > I just got a t2000 from sun as part of their try/buy program partially due > > to the news about the successful linux bootup. I've got to admit that I'm > > an extreme newbie to sun hardware and rather than learn my way around > > solaris I want to stick in the warm comfy zone of linux and debian-based > > distributions. > > > > In the process of booting, I'm hitting a problem: > ... > > Can anyone shine some light or point me at what I failed to find through > > the usually rather trusty google? Up to now, I've really only ever delt > > with x86 hardware. > > Where in the world did you get the kernel from? > > Nothing debian currently ships will work, Ubuntu (which is debian > based) does work, so please try the current Dapper Drake sparc install > images. Right.. I'm using the ubuntu kernel from here: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/dapper/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/boot.img Notice the line: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.15-20-sparc64 (buildd@artigas) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu3)) #1 Tue Apr 4 17:55:03 UTC 2006 from the boot. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
