* Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2?
@ 1998-06-11 20:21 Lars Kellogg-Stedman
1998-06-11 20:35 ` Randy McCaskill
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From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman @ 1998-06-11 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Howdy,
I'm curious if anyone has successfully installed an ultralinux
distribution on a SPARCstation 2. I have an SS2 at home, and it simply
stops after loading the tftp image -- no errors, it just dies.
I've got a floppy drive, but at last check, there was no floppy install
image for Ultralinux.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
-- Lars
--
Lars Kellogg-Stedman * lars@bu.edu * (617)353-8277
Office of Information Technology, Boston University
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* Re: Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2?
1998-06-11 20:21 Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2? Lars Kellogg-Stedman
@ 1998-06-11 20:35 ` Randy McCaskill
1998-06-12 2:24 ` Lars Kellogg-Stedman
1998-06-12 3:57 ` Randy McCaskill
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From: Randy McCaskill @ 1998-06-11 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
I did it over a month ago without any real problems. I used my pc
(running linux of course) for the tftp server. I will check if the image
I used is still in my tftp directory when I get home. If it is, I will
upload it where you can get it.
I also think I remember someone having a problem with not having enough
memory to unpack the ramdisk or something like that so you may want to see
if you can borrow some memory as a test if you don't have a lot.
-Randy
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm curious if anyone has successfully installed an ultralinux
> distribution on a SPARCstation 2. I have an SS2 at home, and it simply
> stops after loading the tftp image -- no errors, it just dies.
>
> I've got a floppy drive, but at last check, there was no floppy install
> image for Ultralinux.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> -- Lars
>
> --
> Lars Kellogg-Stedman * lars@bu.edu * (617)353-8277
> Office of Information Technology, Boston University
>
>
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Randy McCaskill
rmccask@comm-data.com ! Poodle... The other white meat.
http://www.comm-data.com/~rmccask/ ! -- Sherman's Lagoon
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* Re: Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2?
1998-06-11 20:21 Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2? Lars Kellogg-Stedman
1998-06-11 20:35 ` Randy McCaskill
@ 1998-06-12 2:24 ` Lars Kellogg-Stedman
1998-06-12 3:57 ` Randy McCaskill
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman @ 1998-06-12 2:24 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
>I did it over a month ago without any real problems. I used my pc
>(running linux of course) for the tftp server. I will check if the
>image I used is still in my tftp directory when I get home. If it is,
I will
>upload it where you can get it.
The problem looks like it's part of the tftpboot process...I'm booting
off a Mac running LinuxPPC (tried it with kernel 2.1.103 and 2.1.24);
according to a tcpdump of the install process the tftp fetch hanging
close to the end with the client (the machine I'm trying to install on)
repeatedly ACKing the server.
I *can* get the standard RH4.2/sparc install to boot. Is there any
chance I can use the older installer with the Ultralinux distribution?
Thanks,
-- Lars
--
Lars Kellogg-Stedman * lars@bu.edu * (617)353-8277
Office of Information Technology, Boston University
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* Re: Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2?
1998-06-11 20:21 Ultralinux tftp boot on an SS2? Lars Kellogg-Stedman
1998-06-11 20:35 ` Randy McCaskill
1998-06-12 2:24 ` Lars Kellogg-Stedman
@ 1998-06-12 3:57 ` Randy McCaskill
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Randy McCaskill @ 1998-06-12 3:57 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Here is the tftpboot file I used with a sparc 2. Try it and see if it
works for you.
http://www.comm-data.com/~rmccask/ultrapenguin-1.0.9-tftpboot.img
I think that the install script is built into the tftpboot file as a
ramdisk so the one from RH4.2 will probably choke. It is possible that
the one I have above might not be completely thrilled with any changes
that have been made since I grabbed it, but I suspect that it will work.
-Randy
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> The problem looks like it's part of the tftpboot process...I'm booting
> off a Mac running LinuxPPC (tried it with kernel 2.1.103 and 2.1.24);
> according to a tcpdump of the install process the tftp fetch hanging
> close to the end with the client (the machine I'm trying to install on)
> repeatedly ACKing the server.
>
> I *can* get the standard RH4.2/sparc install to boot. Is there any
> chance I can use the older installer with the Ultralinux distribution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Lars
>
> --
> Lars Kellogg-Stedman * lars@bu.edu * (617)353-8277
> Office of Information Technology, Boston University
------
Randy McCaskill
rmccask@comm-data.com ! Poodle... The other white meat.
http://www.comm-data.com/~rmccask/ ! -- Sherman's Lagoon
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