[ale] OT: OT OT OT and very long! Anybody sick today?

[Greg]

Well from Googling my butt off and the sparc-Debian list it seems that the
key is to use tftp/rarpd and other net installs.  Another trick is to use
special home-brewed iso's that are out there.  However, if you want easy,
then the BSD's can do it no problemo (but they cannot make use of the floppy
drive - which pi**es me off. I mean, if I paid for it, I want to use it -
and I do for short file tranfers). So, ... kde 2.2 on Solaris it is ...
well, until I put OpenBSD/fvwm back on it.  And no way am I paying for the
Java Desktop - Sun has got the last of my $$$.

There is some stuff about the obp being the cause, but I used about 3
different versions and no joy.

So, I guess it is:

Sun: 1
Greg: 0


Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Jonathan Glass
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:36 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: RE: [ale] OT: OT OT OT and very long! Anybody sick today?
>
>
> I've had the hardest time getting Linux on my G3 and my Sun E250 boxes.
> I finally gave up, and surplused (sp?) the G3, and gutted the E250.
>
> If you get that thing to boot of the CDROM, let me know your magic
> trick.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan Glass
>
> On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 16:32, Greg wrote:
> > ummmm no
> >
> > feeding bad OS to pc == bad idea
> > feeding bad food to body == bad idea
> >
> > ok, maybe it's a stretch but I had to make the effort
> >
> > goes back to reading Right-leaning-Leftist-Pro-MicroSoft-Open-Source
> > websites put up by H1 Visa developers who are NAL and also write spom
> > (offshore spam) for Drew.
> >
> > yah - ok, you are right (slaps SunBlade)(slaps SunBlade again
> with Debian
> > no-install CD's for sparc but harder ..adds cussing for effect)
> >
> > ok, won't happen again  ... sniff sniff ...
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> > > Benjamin Scherrey
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:20 PM
> > > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > > Subject: Re: RE: [ale] OT: OT OT OT and very long! Anybody sick today?
> > >
> > >
> > > Damn it Greg! That last paragraph was clearly on topic ruining an
> > > otherwise perfect thread of off-
> > > topic debate surpassed only by discussions of H1 Visas! I hope
> > > you're pleased with yourself...
> > >
> > >   -- Ben
> > >
> > > 12/30/2003 1:43:55 PM, "Greg" <runman at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > <correctly labeled off-topic stuff snipped>
> > > >I am sorry about the lack of details (I wanted to put in some
> > > excerpts from
> > > >the book) but I have been typing so much today that I have
> > > reached the point
> > > >where I am spending more time editing errors then typing.
> The reason ? -
> > > >trying to get a decent OS on my SunBlade 100. Debian CD's are a
> > > no-go and no
> > > >one but Sun & Solaris can get the dammed floppy drive to
> work.  What a
> > > >dichotomy of architecture - the best and worst in one box.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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