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|InventoryHostname=plankton
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[[File:Sun_Ultra_1.jpg|300px|Sun Ultra 1 under the watchful eye of Monsieur Klimt]]
 
Booting from CDROM seems difficult. Netbooting works since blathijs replaced the NVRAM battery.
Booting from CDROM seems difficult. Netbooting works since blathijs replaced the NVRAM battery.
== Specs ==
== Specs ==

Revision as of 11:13, 23 August 2014

NURDs Inventory
Sun Ultra 1.jpg
Owner The Niz
Status Working
Hostname plankton
Tool
Tool category

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Sun_Ultra_1.jpg {{{InventoryOwner}}}Property "Tool Owner" (as page type) with input value "{{{InventoryOwner}}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. {{{Location}}}Property "Tool Location" (as page type) with input value "{{{Location}}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.

Booting from CDROM seems difficult. Netbooting works since blathijs replaced the NVRAM battery.

Specs

  • 128MB ram
  • 2.2GB harddisk
  • UltraSPARC 167MHz
  • Debian 6

This machines is hooked up to the LDAP for user management, but also has a local root user with the familiar password. ;)

Todo

  • Dist-upgrade to debian 7????

Netboot tips and tricks

On some machine in the network

  • Run a rarp server
  • Put this line in /etc/ethers (MAC address of Ultra 1 and a free ip address in our range)

8:0:20:82:ca:1a 192.168.1.200

  • Put a line in /etc/hosts with hostname/ip

On the TFTP server

  • Download boot.img from Debian (Debian 6 works for this machine, Debian 7 doesn't)
  • Check /var/log/daemon.log for the filename requested by our Ultra 1
  • Rename boot.img or make a symlink

Now the installer should start