This page describes how make a rootfs for the Javastation, using another Debian box.
Install debootstrap
<![CDATA[# apt-get install debootstrap]]>
Decide where to put it
<![CDATA[# export TARGET="/home/export/javastation"
# mkdir -p $TARGET]]>
Invoke the debian installer
<![CDATA[# wget -O /tmp/js-db-script http://www.dnd.utwente.nl/js/files/deboostrap-woody-js
# debootstrap --arch sparc woody $TARGET http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian /tmp/js-db-script]]>
Note 1: this install is not a basic woody install; it's much more minimalistic and has nullmailer instead of exim.
Note 2: debootstrap wants to run executables, so do this on a Sun4 box running linux. Work is in progress to install debian from a non-native Sun4 box.
Edit some configfiles:
<![CDATA[$TARGET/etc/hostname
$TARGET/etc/fstab
$TARGET/etc/network/interfaces
$TARGET/etc/passwd]]>
Configure the installed packages
<![CDATA[# chroot $TARGET/ dpkg-reconfigure --all]]>