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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: [Solved]Ultra 5 333 MHZ can't get Gentoo to install |
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OK so I haven't worked much with Linux before but since there was a server lying around in my house I'd thought I'd try to turn it into a gaming server. I so I got the Gentoo Universal CD and put it the Sun Ultra 5 IIi and when I try to install it using the boot from cd-rom command I get an Illegal Instruction error after it checks the memory and such. When I looked around the Gentoo website it said that I need a kernel called 2.4.32-sparc-r4 but when I looked I couldn't find it for download. Its getting really annoying because it seems Gentoo is the distribution that will work with the server so I need some help.
Please help! I will provide more information if necessary.
-Sithguy
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Dizzutch Guru
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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sithguy
You need the install-sparc64-universal-2007.0.iso, that should be fine on a IIi CPU
Did it download properly ? _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Ned - That's the one I downloaded and I think it downloaded properly because I didn't get any errors
Rizz - Ok tried the debian. Same thing. It says Illegal Instruction after the kernal ramdisk part.
Also its already got Solaris OS on it. |
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Dizzutch Guru
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Define correctly? |
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Dizzutch Guru
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gust4voz Retired Dev
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Try upgrading the OBP to the latest version to begin with, in the meantime you do "setenv auto-boot? false" in obp, power the machine off, back on and THEN try booting from cdrom (it's a stupid obp bug when booting solaris that leaves things messed up for other operating systems). _________________ Gustavo Zacarias
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ok the shut it down completely and start it up again worked but Gentoo could not find my ethernet connection or something,
so I installed Debian.
Thanks for all the help with the Sparc System. I couldn't have done it without you guys.
Another question arose: How do I run Windows apps on my server? I couldn't find Wine for Sparc so I was wondering if there was another way. I'm trying to run a game server that hosts games like Half-life, Unreal 2004, and Battlefield 1942. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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sithguy,
You don't run Windows games on a Sparc CPU.
WINE provides the Windows API on Linux. The Windows programs execute natively on the CPU.
WINe makes them believe they have windows by doing what windows would do. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah but I don't know what Wine to use for Sparc and whatever distro. I looked on the website and looked for the sparc distrubution and couldn't find it. Is there one? |
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gust4voz Retired Dev
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, WINE DOESN'T WORK ON SPARC since it doesn't emulate an x86 cpu (and sparc is completely different), got it now? _________________ Gustavo Zacarias
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mattmatteh Guru
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:19 am Post subject: |
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i tried the livecd / boot cd on an ultra 5 too and failed. i googled a bit and think its a kernel bug. i was able to net boot it and install.
also, no windows apps will work on that. 333 MHz is too slow, and you would need an emulator too btw....
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Dang it! No windows apps,eh? Well what am I supposed to do with it then? Is there like some page somewhere I look over my options. |
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mattmatteh Guru
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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uhhh.....
staying on topic, did you get it to boot ? i had to netboot mine.
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sithguy n00b
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah mine worked. Just follow the above steps. |
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Toady Apprentice
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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sithguy wrote: | Dang it! No windows apps,eh? Well what am I supposed to do with it then? Is there like some page somewhere I look over my options. |
You can do most things that you can do with an x86 box with linux on it - appart from a few applications that require a x86 cpu (like wine does).
Running windows apps with an emulator (dont actually know of one since I havnt tried this) would be pig slow on that box anyway.
I used mine as a home e-mail / file server / firewall / LAMP server. _________________ Toady
Gentoo Laptop
3.1.10-gentoo-r1, Intel Core 2 Duo (32bit)
Gnome on the desk, Intel in the box, on-board everything, but it all works! |
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i-right-i Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 118 Location: Chandler, AZ USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: [Solved]Ultra 5 333 MHZ can't get Gentoo to install |
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sithguy wrote: | OK so I haven't worked much with Linux before but since there was a server lying around in my house I'd thought I'd try to turn it into a gaming server. I so I got the Gentoo Universal CD and put it the Sun Ultra 5 IIi and when I try to install it using the boot from cd-rom command I get an Illegal Instruction error after it checks the memory and such. When I looked around the Gentoo website it said that I need a kernel called 2.4.32-sparc-r4 but when I looked I couldn't find it for download. Its getting really annoying because it seems Gentoo is the distribution that will work with the server so I need some help.
Please help! I will provide more information if necessary.
-Sithguy |
If you are going to run it as a Gaming Server, then depending on what game you want it to Serve, then it might be just fine. When you have a true server, you are not running the client on it as well, you don't need a graphics card, your not running wine, or anything like that. They make linux ports for many server side games. What games do you plan on making it serve?
~i-right-i _________________ Gentoo on x86
Gentoo on SPARC |
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