On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0500, philo wrote:

> I don't really need to download an entire 600meg + ISO

Then download one of the Debian netinstall media.

http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst

"Dave Uhring" wrote in message
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> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0500, philo wrote:
>
> > I don't really need to download an entire 600meg + ISO
>
> Then download one of the Debian netinstall media.
>
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst




Thanks

I am downloading it now...

May not get around to installing it until tomorrow

"philo" wrote in message
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>
> "Dave Uhring" wrote in message
> newsan.2008.08.04.23.37.17.682956@yahoo.com...
> > On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0500, philo wrote:
> >
> > > I don't really need to download an entire 600meg + ISO
> >
> > Then download one of the Debian netinstall media.
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> I am downloading it now...
>
> May not get around to installing it until tomorrow
>
>


Well I tried to install it but DHCP failed,
so I think I need a recommendation for a Linux SPARC distro that will
at least give me internet connectivity on the first CD.

If I have to download one 600 meg .iso
that would be fine...I just did not want to download a whole bunch of CD's

On 2008-08-05, philo wrote:
>
> Well I tried to install it but DHCP failed,

That's not very specific. Where precisely did it fail? What messages
did you see that make you believe it failed?

> so I think I need a recommendation for a Linux SPARC distro that will
> at least give me internet connectivity on the first CD.

This is also quite vague. Do you need just rudimentary networking in
order to do a full install? If so, do you require DHCP? It might be
simpler just to assign a static IP (if where you're installing can
accomodate that) for the install.

--keith

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"Keith Keller" wrote in message
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> On 2008-08-05, philo wrote:
> >
> > Well I tried to install it but DHCP failed,
>
> That's not very specific. Where precisely did it fail? What messages
> did you see that make you believe it failed?
>
> > so I think I need a recommendation for a Linux SPARC distro that will
> > at least give me internet connectivity on the first CD.
>
> This is also quite vague. Do you need just rudimentary networking in
> order to do a full install? If so, do you require DHCP? It might be
> simpler just to assign a static IP (if where you're installing can
> accomodate that) for the install.
>
> --keith
>
More info:

As it turned out the reason DHCP failed was because during H/W detection
and configuration the network card had not been installed.

The installer needed to search for setup files
and I was given the option to search for the needed files on the cdrom.
I was prompted to mount the cdrom that I had booted from...
but the mount failed. The error message was that no cd was
present...although I was of course running
the installation from the cd !

At that point I figured I'd be better off not attempting a network install.

philo wrote:
> "philo" wrote in message
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>
>>"Dave Uhring" wrote in message
>>newsan.2008.08.04.23.37.17.682956@yahoo.com...
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0500, philo wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't really need to download an entire 600meg + ISO
>>>
>>>Then download one of the Debian netinstall media.
>>>
>>>http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>I am downloading it now...
>>
>>May not get around to installing it until tomorrow
>
> Well I tried to install it but DHCP failed,
> so I think I need a recommendation for a Linux SPARC distro that will
> at least give me internet connectivity on the first CD.
>
> If I have to download one 600 meg .iso
> that would be fine...I just did not want to download a whole bunch of CD's

There seems to be a problem in the Debian Sparc Netinstall
CD. It refused to identify the SCSI subsystem (ESP) in my
SparcStation 20 MP. As both the hard disks and the CD are
in the SCSI bus, this is the end of the road here.

I succeeded in installing the Debian by using the full network
boot and install. It needs a functioning Linux computer in the
same local net with the Sparc. There has to be a RARP server
and TFTP server in the helper machine.

HTH

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Tauno Voipio
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"Tauno Voipio" wrote in message
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> philo wrote:
> > "philo" wrote in message
> > news:heudnUkzFO5sCwrVnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@ntd.net...
> >
> >>"Dave Uhring" wrote in message
> >>newsan.2008.08.04.23.37.17.682956@yahoo.com...
> >>
> >>>On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0500, philo wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I don't really need to download an entire 600meg + ISO
> >>>
> >>>Then download one of the Debian netinstall media.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>I am downloading it now...
> >>
> >>May not get around to installing it until tomorrow
> >
> > Well I tried to install it but DHCP failed,
> > so I think I need a recommendation for a Linux SPARC distro that will
> > at least give me internet connectivity on the first CD.
> >
> > If I have to download one 600 meg .iso
> > that would be fine...I just did not want to download a whole bunch of
CD's
>
> There seems to be a problem in the Debian Sparc Netinstall
> CD. It refused to identify the SCSI subsystem (ESP) in my
> SparcStation 20 MP. As both the hard disks and the CD are
> in the SCSI bus, this is the end of the road here.
>
> I succeeded in installing the Debian by using the full network
> boot and install. It needs a functioning Linux computer in the
> same local net with the Sparc. There has to be a RARP server
> and TFTP server in the helper machine.
>
> HTH
>
>


Thanks for the info
since I will be unable to perform a net install...
is there any distro out there that would be on a single cd iso?