[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting Linux onto a Sun Netra 105 rackmount.

MadHat madhat at unspecific.com
Mon Dec 15 23:00:09 CST 2003


On Dec 15, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Stephen Klein wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience getting Linux (any flavor) installed
> onto a Sun Netra 105 rackmount server?
>
> The main thing we want is to run Samba on it.  I know Samba will work
> under Solaris, but I'd feel much more comfortable if it was running
> under Linux instead of Solaris.
>

Depends on the config of the hardware.  I had a netra that had built in 
CD, so I did a stop-A and boot cdrom with some distro in it.  As it did 
not have a vid card this was all via a console connection.   I think I 
was using a Debian distro
http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/




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