zuzu on 14 Nov 2007 20:38:24 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] problem booting Gentoo install on Sun Blade 100 (SPARC)

  • From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com>
  • To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] problem booting Gentoo install on Sun Blade 100 (SPARC)
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:38:18 -0500
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On Oct 31, 2007 5:00 PM, Michael Bevilacqua <michael@bevilacqua.us> wrote:
>
> On 10/31/07, zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/31/07, Michael Bevilacqua <michael@bevilacqua.us> wrote:
> > > Hi Sean-
> > >
> > > I was under the impression that Gentoo's Sparc64 install included only
> 2.4
> > > series kernels. Where did you acquire the 2.6's?
> > >
> >
> > any of the Gentoo http mirrors, under releases, installcd.
> > e.g. http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/releases/sparc/
> > or http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/releases/sparc/
>
>
> Heh, it's been a while since I've made an install CD then :-)  I didn't
> realize they made the shift from 2.4 to 2.6 in their installer.
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/sunhw.xml
>
> Says your "Onboard ATI Rage XL (PCI)" should have "excellent" compatability.
>

this inspired me to remove the ATI Rage 3D Pro add-in card and try the
built-in GPU.  booting from this worked swimmingly.

instead I put in 3 quad-10/100 NICs, and gentoo seems to poll
eth0-eth12 just fine.  (a 10/100 port is included on the motherboard
too.)

thanks for everyone's help! :)
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