Re: Current working ISO installer for sun4u
Mike Tremaine <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:52:23 -0700
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--Apple-Mail=_3D1E5200-5F2C-4F1A-9B75-ED84345A68B2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks! I=E2=80=99ll try that one I have 512MB on the old beast.=20 > On Mar 18, 2026, at 1:44 PM, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Jonathan Pallant = <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> On 18 Mar 2026, at 16:36, Mike Tremaine <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>=20 >>> =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. >>=20 >> I tried [1] recently, but it wouldn=E2=80=99t boot in 256 MiB of RAM = on my Ultra 5. I think it needs 512 MiB due to the large initrd. I = recall it worked OK on an Ultra 80 with 3 GiB RAM though. >>=20 >> - JP >>=20 >> [1] = https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-12-06/debian-13.0.= 0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso >>=20 >=20 >=20 > This worked on my Ultra 1. But I have 1G RAM in that. >=20 > --=20 > Jeremy Leonard > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cell: (517) 285-8309 --Apple-Mail=_3D1E5200-5F2C-4F1A-9B75-ED84345A68B2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks! I=E2=80=99= ll try that one I have 512MB on the old = beast. <br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Mar 18, 2026, = at 1:44 PM, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><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, 2026 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Jonathan Pallant <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px = 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid = rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">On 18 Mar 2026, at = 16:36, Mike Tremaine <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> 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 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.</span><br></div></blockquote><br><div>I = tried [1] recently, but it wouldn=E2=80=99t boot in 256 MiB of RAM = on my Ultra 5. I think it needs 512 MiB due to the large initrd. 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] <a = href=3D"https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-12-06/debi= an-13.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso" = target=3D"_blank">https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-= 12-06/debian-13.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso</a></div><div><br></div></div></= blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div>This worked on = my Ultra 1. But I have 1G RAM in that.</div><div><br></div><span = class=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:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span title=3D"Call with Google Voice"><font = color=3D"#222222">Cell: </font>(517) = 285-8309</span></span></div></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_3D1E5200-5F2C-4F1A-9B75-ED84345A68B2--