Jean,

I have been trying to get this to work. I have read the README.txt file and
trying to build the floppies. When I bring down the root.bin file and the
base-11.bin file, they are smaller than 1.4Mb that all the other disks have.
Then I do the "dd of=/dev/fd0 if=<file> bs=1024" command followed by the
"cmp /dev/fd0 <file>", that the documentation said to used to build the
disks they fail. Yet every other disk works fine. Am I missing something?

Thank You,

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.L.Francois" <frenchie@magusnet.gilbert.az.us>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Questions on a Sun box


> It seems like on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 03:09:34PM -0700, David Demland
scribbled:
> Orig Msg> At the current time I have a Storm firewall on our partial T1
and a NT
> Orig Msg> firewall on our ISDN line. We have a Spark 20 just sitting
around here. The
> Orig Msg> goal: use the Spark 20 box as a firewall for both lines. I would
like to put
> Orig Msg> a Debian distribution on the Spark box, if possible. I also will
need to
> Orig Msg> replace the 10 megabit card with 3 three 100 megabit cards.
Question: Where
> Orig Msg> do I get a Linux version and does anyone know where I can get
NICs?
> Orig Msg>
> Orig Msg> Thank You,
> Orig Msg>
>
> I currently run Debian and OpenBSD on Sparc(Classic,IPX,IPC,2) with
> great success. All are headless boxes.
>
> To do the install you can use a one floppy install or use "boot net"
> from a tftp server inside your LAN.
> I like the net boot method because if the firewall ever gets compromised
> for any reason and rebooted, the PROM can be configured to not boot
> automatically, so you will know something is up :)
>
> First look at:
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/
> and read thru the docs.
>
> For the NIC go to:
> http://www.goldcircuit.com and see if they have any Sparc20 units lying
> around. That should be your least expensive way of hooking this up.
> Of course, there is always Ebay.
>
> If you need any assistance, let me know.
>
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