[geeks] Sun-HOWTO

[Ken Hansen]

Bill, What happened to "This Old Sun"? Wan't that what we were going to do
there...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at mrbill.net>; <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: [geeks] Sun-HOWTO


> Had this idea in the shower the other day (where I do some of my
> best thinking).
>
> Anybody interested in working with me on a "Sun HOWTO" ?  Basically,
> a chapter-by-chapter "howto" for working with a SPARC system.  Something
> like:
>
> 1.  Brief History of Sun and the SPARC architecture and systems
>
> 2.  I've got a Sun box, now what?
> a.  identifying what you have
> b.  hooking up a serial terminal (aka, "what, it wont use my
>     ps2 keyboard and mouse?)
> c.  Booting the system
> d.  identifying hardware from boot messages
>
> 3.  OpenBoot quick tutorial
> a.  printenv/setenv
> b.  boot-device, input-device, output-device
> c.  when all else fails: set-defaults
> d.  booting from CD-ROM or network or tape
>
> 4.  NVRAM/IDPRM issues
> a.  what to do if the nvram battery is dead
> b.  sources of replacements
>
> 5.  I've got an OS already!
> a.  "I dont know the root password"
> I.  Booting off cd-rom to reset root password
> b.  I'm in as root, now how do I reconfigure the network?
> I.  IP address
> II.  Hostname
> III.  Subnet/Netmask
> IV.  Routing / default router
> V.  DNS issues and setup
>
> 6.  I dont have an OS installed!
> a.  Make sure you have a HD and CD-ROM
> I.  Compatible CD-ROM drives, setting SCSI IDs, blocksize..
> b.  Make sure your HD is big enough.
> II.  SCSI vs. IDE, etc.
> c.  Booting an OS (Solaris, etc) off CD-ROM and installing
> I.  IP address, hostname, etc
> II.  Which "distribution" should I pick to install?
> III.  Disk layout for home users
> IV.  Disk layout for servers
>
> 7.  Everything's installed and on the network, now what?
> a.  Lockdown the system.
> I.  Security guidelines here
> b.  Software packages
> I.  Sunfreeware, etc.
> II.  Mozilla, etc, etc.
> III.  Freshmeat.
> c.  Where's the compiler?
> I.  How to get/install GCC
> II.  Forte personal free license
>
> 8.  CDE/Openwindows is ugly, how do I get <linux-centric window manager>
on
>     here?
> a.  www.plig.org/~xwinman
> b.  how to start other window managers using .xinitrc
> c.  (optional) compiling XFree86 on Solaris/SPARC
>
> Something like that - I'm sure much more could be added, and I've
forgotten
> things.. but what do you guys think?
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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