Hi,
I could probably receive such hardware for a few months, so I am
wondering if it is supported by Debian. Browsing the web I found that
Sarge could be installed bia network (tftp), but I found no information
about sarge or lenny on the same hardware.
About the StorEdge I suppose its support depend on the controller used.
Is there any list of such working controllers?

I know this machine have two UltraSparc III @ 750Mhz and 1Gb of RAM. Do
you have any idea about what can it be compared to? A dual pentiumIII @
1,4Ghz?

Thanks to all,
Giuseppe

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:15:17AM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:

Fire 280R comes with a CD drive, so you can install it just fine with it.
There were however bugs in the etch installation that prevented normal
use of disks on the fibre-channel controller, but there are documented
workarounds.

No idea about the T3, but the 3310s that I've seen just plug into SCSI
(the internal controller usually has external slots) and show up as LUNs.
The configuration is done with either Solaris utilities or over the serial
or network console.

That's pretty hard to say...

Hi Josip,

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:54:18 +0200 Josip Rodin entuzijast.net> wrote:
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Since two years I am testing the Debian mips port on an SGI O2. I am not a kernel developer but I have enough spare time to test new software amd write reports.
I wonder if there is any testing needs on the lenny d-i on such architecture.
I am unsure about the overall support for this architecture. Do I remember wronlgy or is sparc currently unsupported?

I suppose 3310 is an LVD based storage, since SF280R only have LVD connector on the rear side, while T3 need a FC connection that is provided by a PCI card. I have to check what card is plugged into the machine.

Bye,
Giuseppe

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:29:38AM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:

Try the newest installer, definitely, see if you can install it on
the machine's SCSI disks behind the QLogic controller (qla2xxx).

It's sparc32 that doesn't have proper support - UltraSPARC processors such
as the one in your machine are sparc64 and they're supported pretty well.