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[NMLUG] sparcstation 5
I'm not sure if you're saying it's an ultra 5 or a sparcstation 5 but you
don't need a monitor to get it rolling. There should be a serial port on the
back. If the serial port is round us a mac modem cable with a null modem
adaptor attached. If it's the regular db9 you can use just a null. Generally
they will talk to a terminal program at 9600 8n1 no flow control.
Debian runs on these guys, I've in the past (I recently took it down) I had
debian operating my cvs on a SS10. You can have it do a netboot to install
the system (which is how I perfer).
If you end up plugging a monitor into it you'll need a decent monitor as it
displays 1152x864 (as I recall from mine) as the default resolution.
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:02:17PM -0700, Tim Emerick wrote:
> Hey Gang.
>
> I've obtained a Sun SparcStation5 with 5 sun thin clients. It has a 2GB
> drive and probably 128m ram. Also has an external SCSI tower with 5 CD
> drives in it. It's former life was an automotive parts catalog system.
>
> I would like to turn this into something that my kids and their friends could
> come over to do homework/research together. Browse the web, OOo,printing
> support, etc.
>
> I tried to fire it up today but no luck. I don't know if I need a particular
> monitor for the server machine but my standard testing 17" monitor didn't
> give me much luck. I WAS able to get the thin clients up but of course they
> couldn't do anything without a TFTP server.
>
> I've never tried anything like this before so any suggestions, pointers, or
> weblinks would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!!
>
>
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