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[ben hengst]

1) I recently aquired 3 SparcIPC's and 1 Sparcstation1+ I have found all the
needed cables except for a AUI to 10BaseT converter for any less that like
$50 any one have any clues where to find one cheaper???
2) on the same machienes i want to run linux(redhat for sparc) and basicly
have them as a small personal mail server thats the plan but they still have
solaris and i dont have the login passes or usernames is there a way to get
around the login and format the drive? or have linux replace solaris w/o a
format??
3) this will be the last thing i can think of is that the 1+ that i have
didnt come with any of those little plastic trays that the drives sit in,
any one have any leads to a place to find those??

thanks for the help
ben heng...@osu.edu

[Rob Funk]

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In article <85bfem$njv$1...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,

ben hengst <heng...@osu.edu> wrote:
>2) on the same machienes i want to run linux(redhat for sparc) and basicly
>have them as a small personal mail server thats the plan but they still have
>solaris and i dont have the login passes or usernames is there a way to get
>around the login and format the drive? or have linux replace solaris w/o a
>format??

Use Stop-A (or L1-A, using the Stop/L1 key as a shift key) to
interrupt the boot process and get to a ">" or "ok" prompt. If you
get a ">" prompt the boot command is just "b", while the "ok" prompt
expects the whole word "boot". From there it depends on where you're
installing Linux from -- you might do "boot net", "boot cdrom"
(expects SCSI ID 6), or others. (The part after b/boot also depends
on whether you have version 1 or version 2 of the PROM.)
There's also "boot -s" to boot the Solaris in single-user mode, though
that'll probably still ask you for a root password.
--
Rob Funk <rf...@wks.uts.ohio-state.edu>
The Ohio State University
University Technology Services / Workstation Support
http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/
(614) 292-7802