Re: Current working ISO installer for sun4u

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On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Jonathan Pallant <[email protected].=
uk>
wrote:

> On 18 Mar 2026, at 16:36, Mike Tremaine <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> =EF=BB=BFI wanted to do a fresh install of debian sparc, what is the most=
 recent
> installer image that is likely to work on Sun Ultra 5/10 workstation? I
> think the laat one I tried was in the 10.0 release.
>
>
> I tried [1] recently, but it wouldn=E2=80=99t boot in 256 MiB of RAM on m=
y Ultra
> 5. I think it needs 512 MiB due to the large initrd. I recall it worked O=
K
> on an Ultra 80 with 3 GiB RAM though.
>
> - JP
>
> [1]
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-12-06/debian-13.0=
.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso
>
>
This worked on my Ultra 1. But I have 1G RAM in that.

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Jeremy Leonard
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Cell: (517) 285-8309

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail=
_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 202=
6 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Jonathan Pallant &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
g.uk">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20=
4,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">On 18 Mar 2026, at 16:36, Mike T=
remaine &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">mgt@st=
ellarcore.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div dir=3D"ltr"><blockquote type=3D"cite">=
<br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF=
<span>I wanted to do a fresh install of debian sparc, what is the most rece=
nt installer image that is likely to work on Sun Ultra 5/10 workstation? I =
think the laat one I tried was in the 10.0 release.</span><br></div></block=
quote><br><div>I tried [1]=C2=A0recently, but it wouldn=E2=80=99t boot in 2=
56 MiB of RAM on my Ultra 5. I think it needs 512 MiB due to the large init=
rd. I recall it worked OK on an Ultra 80 with 3 GiB RAM though.</div><div><=
br></div><div>- JP</div><div><br></div><div>[1]=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://cdi=
mage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-12-06/debian-13.0.0-sparc64-NE=
TINST-1.iso" target=3D"_blank">https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/sna=
pshots/2025-12-06/debian-13.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso</a></div><div><br></d=
iv></div></blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div>This=C2=A0wor=
ked on my Ultra 1. But I have 1G RAM in that.</div><div><br></div><span cla=
ss=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Jeremy Leonard<div><a href=3D"mailto:JeremyL@e=
lite4god.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span title=3D"Call with Google Voice"><font colo=
r=3D"#222222">Cell:=C2=A0</font>(517) 285-8309</span></span></div></div></d=
iv></div>

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