I know the debian bootable cd v2.1 for sparc works just fine. You can down load it from ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/debian-cd Get the split version and then 'cat' it together if you are on a slow link. Once burned, turn on your sparc, immediately hit "stop-a" combination of keys and then type 'b cdrom' if you are using the new rom style bootprom. If your bootrom tells you it is in the old bootstyle, you need to enable the new boot rom style first. Let me know if this works... Mike Neuliep mike@illiana.net ps: this worked great on my sparc IPX