Sparcstation 5 Keyboard & Mouse

[Sean]

MSU salvage is probably the best place to snag a keyboard locally. You
will need to check the keyboard before you buy it to make sure it is not a
PS/2 the PC type, I think the one I had was Sun 5c keyboard and you will
need the optical mouse and mousepad most likely too. Try:
http://www.sparcproductdirectory.com/mi.html

I know a couple of people that got some good deals on tadpoles from Great
Lakes computers a couple of years ago.

Linux Sparc, I didnt try debian, but I did try RedHat and it ran pretty
well, the install was pretty straightforward but that was off a Cd-rom
which I believe needs a Sun ROM. It ran okay but you will want to bump up
the ram to around 48meg minimum if you want to run the gui ( I have
2-32meg sticks hanging around I would be willing to part with for quite
cheap)

You can do a netinstall for solaris but Im not sure Linux suppports it
yet. IIRC there is a boot floppy, in which you can install via ftp or nfs
to those machines for Redhat.

but you will need a boot device like the floppy drive.

I DO have a drive with the Solaris 6 or 7 install on it, you can borrow if
you need.




On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Benjamin Minshall wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> You might want to check the MSU Surplus store.  Sometimes they'll
> have used Sun equipment on sale for a few buck.  There's more
> info on their website http://surplus.msu.edu/
>
> -Ben
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
> > [mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of Jason Watson
> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 11:45 PM
> > To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> > Subject: Sparcstation 5 Keyboard & Mouse
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a place locally that I
> > can find an inexpensive
> > keyboard and mouse for a Sparcstation 5?  I was given
> > one and want to set up
> > Linux on it, but no keyboard or mouse was provided.
> > Also does anyone have
> > any experience installing Debian on a Sparc5?  Is
> > there a way to do some
> > kind of remote network install because the unit I have
> > has no CDROM or
> > floppy drive.  Thanks :)
> >
> > Jason Watson
> > ----------------------------------------
> > jaywatts@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________________
> > __________
> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-user mailing list
> > linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> > http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user
>
> _______________________________________________
> linux-user mailing list
> linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user
>