2.1 Preparation

• mkdir /var/javastation/root
  

• Download http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/root.tar.gz

  Note: that this is Woody (Debian 3.0). At the time I was installing, Woody was the stable version. You can also try to use a more recent version (for example Debian 3.1), but I have no experience with that. You can also install Debian 3.0 and afterwards upgrade it to Debian 3.1.

• cd /var/javastation
  

• tar xzvf path/root.tar.gz
  

• cd /tftpboot
  

• ln -s /var/javastation/debian-sparc-root/ 192.168.1.3
  

  Where 192.168.1.3 is the IP-address of your javastation

• After following these steps, /tftpboot should now be something like this :

  pts/597  root /tftpboot# ls -l
   total 1814
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      10 Jul 24 11:41 08002095270C -> proll.aout
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      35 Jul 24 11:35 192.168.1.3 -> /var/javastation/debian-sparc-root/
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      12 Jul 24 11:42 C0A80103.PROL -> vmlinux.aout
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root   94024 Jul 24 11:40 proll.aout
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1758272 Jul 24 11:42 vmlinux.aout
  

• cd /var/javastation/debian-sparc-root/etc
  

• cp /etc/resolv.conf .
  

• Edit /var/javastation/debian-sparc-root/etc/fstab and add a line like :

  add  /dev/root  /  nfs  default   0  0