On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 12:25:55PM -0600, Samuel MacDonald wrote:
> I have a box that's a project for me, a Sparc S2.  I need to know (from 
> someone who knows) what to do next.
<snip> 
> I'm going to go with Debian (stop jumping up and down) because I've 
> installed it on laptops using the diskettes, all I have is a diskette 
> drive.
>     * I have an internal CD ROM that I could fudge to get Linux 
> installed I guess, ?hmmmm? *

I would suggest doing a tftp network install if you have the
network card working.  The directions on how to do it are in the
Debian docs.  This is my favorite type of install on Sparc
hardware, because the bootable CDs for Sparc hardware are often
flaky.

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