Hi, Jennie: On Thursday 16 September 2010 16:09:09 Jennie Kingsland wrote: > Hi, > > I have copied the Debian 5.0.6 ISO and began installing this to a SPARC > V240 server. > > However almost at the end of the install and an error occurs 'The Silo > package failed to install into /target, installing SILO as a boot loader > is a required step' > > Forums suggest that the first partition must be an ext2 or ext3 and it > should be mounted as /boot. > > The partitioned disks on the server currently look like this; > > #1 98.7MB F EXT3 /BOOT > #2 34.7GB F EXT3 / > #4 1.6GB F SWAP SWAP > > Can you suggest how to resolve this issue? Is it something with my > partitioned disks that needs to be changed?
Three hints: 1) Re-check the MD5 sum of your downloaded CD (there may be some error affecting that package). 2) Check caps: your boot partition's mount point should be '/boot' instead of '/BOOT'. 3) Make sure there's no BIOS/EFI param making your first disk's boot sector 'read only'. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009161645.09694.jesus.nava...@undominio.net
