[PLUG] Re: Convert Sun Ultra5 to Linux

[Wil Cooley]

On 2005-01-10, Steven D. Coffman <s.coffman at tradetrans.net> wrote:
> Hi All..
> Hope someone knows this. I have a Sun Ultra5 system and I am trying to
> install Linux over it. The danged OpenBoot system just won't let me
> execute a different boot disk, etc. It keeps going to it's default Sun
> system.
> I don't want to keep the data or the OS, it's old stuff and I'm using
> the box to install our new firewall using Linux.
>
> Any clues to get around this and have it execute the boot disk would
> really help.

I assume you want to boot to a CD-ROM to install Linux?  (Sorry, I've
never tried to install Linux on a Sun, just Solaris.)  Typically to boot
to cdrom you type 'boot cdrom' at the OpenBoot prompt.  If you don't
care about the current status of the filesystems (because you're going
to wipe them anyway), you can just hit Stop-A to drop into the boot
monitor.

Wil
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