Linux on a Sun Blade 2500?

[Tom Buskey]

I have a number of blade 2000 and 2500s runnining Solaris 10 just
fine.  The "java desktop" is actually a recent gnome with evolution,
pidgen, acrobat, firefox, etc

You're not going to find a sparc linux that's as up to date.  Solaris
10 10/08 is your best bet.  OpenSolaris is also good if it's available
for sparc.

On 2/1/09, Shawn O'Shea <shawn at eth0.net> wrote:
> My experience over the years has been that, although there existing Linux
> for Sparc, there is not that great of a developer or support community
> around it.
>
> If you just want to reinstall and have a usable Sun system, I would highly
> recommend just reinstalling it with a new Solaris install. Solaris is a free
> (as in cost) download.Just go here,
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp and get the " Free Solaris 10
> 10/08 download."
>
> The Hardware Platform Guide says your system is fully supported (
> http://docs.sun.com/source/817-6337/chapterHPG.html#BEJFCAEE). The
> installation manual is available online,
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-5236?l=en
>
> The Solaris 10 DVD comes with a large amount of the common GNU and other
> FOSS software you would expect on a Linux system, in fact the common
> graphical interface is the same GNOME environment you find on Ubuntu or
> Fedora. Some information about the FOSS software that comes with or is
> available from Sun is located here:
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/
>
> -Shawn
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Thomas Coughlin
> <tcoughlin1234 at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>>   I am trying to find a source to help me get Linux on a Sun Blade 2500 I
>> have. I am new to the Linux world, but as far as I can tell it is the only
>> software that I can load on a Sun system to use as for things like web
>> browsing and so on like on an Intel based PC with Windows on it. I tried
>> downloading a version I thought was correct for the Sun Blade 2500 to CD
>> and
>> the DVD version. When I boot the pc with the DVD version in the drive and
>> do
>> a"stop a" it says "cant locate boot device". and if I type boot CDROM it
>> says "bad magic number in disk label Cant open disk label Package. I was
>> under the assumption once I loaded the CD or DVD it would start the
>> process.
>> I even tried using Partition magic and it wont recognize that. This system
>> currently has Solaris and a 3rd party software on it and I just want to
>> wipe
>> it clean and load Linux. Can you help? If not sorry to bother you. Thank
>> you
>> either way for your time. The software I am trying to load is
>> debian-40r6-sparc-CD-1.iso or debian-4.0r6-sparc-DVD-1.iso downloaded form
>> the WWW.Linux.org <http://www.Linux.org> site. Also after a "stop a' then
>> typing load cdrom/cdrom0 its says it cant locate boot device using either
>> version. When I do a boot cdrom with the CD version it reboots but give
>> the
>> same Bad magic number message and the the word Evaluating: then cant open
>> boot device. HELP!
>>
>> Tom
>>
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