Spent today working on the kernels, installation program, color.gz, and so
on. I've patched the setup program to be more friendly to the SPARC port.
Removed Intel-specific stuff, added a new kernel installation module to
work with the /kernels directory on the SPARC CD image, and other such
tidbits. Worked a lot on the serial console problem. I had built a serial
image (serial.gz), but after testing discovered that I can leave those
gettys open with no problems...even if you don't have a serial console. So
the new color.gz should allow those of you without monitors to get Slackware
up and running. Enjoy the improved setup program too. :)
NOTES:
- NFS installation is still broken if you network boot. In fact, serial
console support is broken on those images as well. It's building custom
kernels for those images right now, so I hope to have those up for
download in a couple of hours.
- Post installation configuration works a lot better now. If you do
the network configuration step, you *MUST* skip the NIC detection stage.
I haven't fixed that for SPARC yet.
- You still need to write /etc/silo.conf and install that before rebooting.
The example is in /etc on your root filesystem, but ask if you have any
questions. Basically, once you exit the setup program after installing,
do this:
cd /mnt/etc
cp silo.conf-sample silo.conf
vi silo.conf # customize for your system
silo -f -r /mnt
- There are two kernel packages in the A series now. These are similar to
the ide.tgz and scsi.tgz packages from the Intel port, but these packages
contain the kernel and the kernel modules. Not a big deal, but if you
were wondering where the module packages were, that's where you'll find
them. :)
- If you do a full install, you will end up with an UltraSPARC kernel on
your system. This isn't a big deal because the kernel configuration
step at the end will prompt you for what kernel you want. Just select
the one you want and it'll install it to your system.
- If there are error messages that fly by during package installation,
don't worry about it. I have recorded most of those (most are typos
in the doinst.sh scripts). If you really want to document those bugs
and send them my way, run the setup program in DEBUG mode. It will
pause after each package is installed, which gives you time to read
any errors that popped up on the screen. To run in DEBUG mode, do this:
export DEBUG=yes
setup
Those with serial consoles, please give this updated stuff a try.
--
David Cantrell | david@slackware.com *
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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