Good evening. Please reply directly, as I cannot keep up with the traffic on debian-user.
I'm trying to install Debian Woody on a Sparc. I have successfully gotten the cdrom to boot, but the boot ceases after a little while with the following: ----- Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. floppy0: WARNING disk change called early VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER ----- so... I did the dd creation of a 1.44M floppy with the only root.bin that is on the CDROM image, put it in the drive, and... ----- Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. floppy0: WARNING disk change called early VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER You didn't specify the type of your ufs filesystem mount -t ufs -o ufstype=sun|sunx86|44bsd|old|nextstep|netxstep-cd|openstep ... >>>WARNING<<< Wrong ufstype may corrupt your filesystem, default is ufstype=old ufs_read_super: bad magic number Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom ----- at which time I'm stuck hitting the power switch, because I have no idea how to "Press L1-A" through minicom from my Debian laptop connected to the console of the Sparc. Suggestions? Curt- Please reply directly, I cannot keep up with the traffic on debian-user. -- "Wherever I go, everyone is a little bit safer because I am there. Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend. Whenever I return home, everyone is happy I am there." ---The Warrior Creed, Robert L. Humphrey, USMC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
