Sparc, ultrasparc guide and their lesser clones

This page has been requested to be deleted. If you disagree, discuss on the talk page. Whenever possible, could an Admin please remove this page?

• THIS IS A STUB AND WILL BE UPDATED WHEN I AM LESS LAZY

• Systems with the SPARC to them

• • First: know thy system

The question is yours, which sun-microsystem-axel-sparc-clone do you have?

Don't know? The best hint is on the front, if it says ultra on it then...

yes it will be an ultrasparc! If that case is true, then your dealing with

a 64bit processor, and will need to search for a sutiable,useable, and hop

efuly community based operating system, or start your own. I recommand, gnu/

Linux debian,

WARING

prereqs

yes computers have those..

You should know the basics before starting a install on anything other then an

i386, and even then when you install linux on a PC you do know how to use a mo

nitor? it's as simple as that, using what is in front of you, keyboard, mouse,

monitor, (maybe a little less of the mouse).

other stuff to know

WTF RS232, it's a type of connection, very programmable (*beyond scope of documentation)

If you know what an' old printer cable looks like you could tell me what this port looks like.

Like-wise for the old DB9 mice.(the ways of RS232 are dying and are beyond me, really)

same boat? great.

Now find a null-modem cable. hmm, what would one look like you ask? The truth, at least for me,

Is that I couldn't tell you what one looks like, but I could go and find you one in recycling ^_^

( as a note, when cable diving in the cable been, pease do bring all the other good cables back to

the top with you)

you might need some adapters too.

that cable looks better then my ascii art, but trust me it's way cooler then a real picture....

      DB9---\                     /---DB9
             \___________________/
             /                   \
     DB25---/                     \--- DB25

yay!! are you with me... now use a searial connection program like screen, or minicom... I will use minicom for this document, because it is the one I know.. best.

type minicom

may the fun begain

you @ here $ minicom

if you get a permission denied error, then be lazy and

 you @ here $ su -

now type

 root @ here # minicom

now on to the poor mans configuration for the minicom aplication for the task of installing,

on this elucide piece of hardware...

Welcome to minicom 2.1
OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n 
Compiled on Oct 26 2005, 04:23:35.
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys

after you see this screen, press and hold Ctrl, tap 'a' then tap 'o'

and you should see

           lqqqqq[configuration]qqqqqqk                                  
           x Filenames and paths      x                                  
           x File transfer protocols  x                                  
           x Serial port setup        x                                  
           x Modem and dialing        x                                  
           x Screen and keyboard      x                                  
           x Save setup as dfl        x                                  
           x Save setup as..          x                                  
           x Exit                     x                                  
           mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj

highlight "Serial port setup"

   lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk  
   x A -    Serial Device      : /dev/ttyS0                                x  
   x B - Lockfile Location     : /var/lock                                 x  
   x C -   Callin Program      :                                           x  
   x D -  Callout Program      :                                           x  
   x E -    Bps/Par/Bits       : 9600 8N1                                  x  
   x F - Hardware Flow Control : Yes                                       x  
   x G - Software Flow Control : No                                        x  
   x                                                                       x  
   x    Change which setting?                                              x  
   mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj  
                          

make sure your setup looks like this one? if you know thy system, then set "A" to the port the null-modem cable is pluged into like "/dev/modem" or what ever link your O.S. uses.

please, Luke, use the force

once it's all set up

go back to the main menu for minicom, do so by pressing [ESC] a few times, until you see the first screen, then press CTRL-A z to open the main menu, but make sure you have saved the changes you made. exit and start minicom once more, after you set up the the app.