You guess what?
Debian was installed on /dev/sda1, but it was 'boot cdrom' that
workedbizarre.
Ben Collins wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:46:44PM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
> > Hi! need your help again!
> >
> > Floppy installation of Debian was almost successfully finished, but the
> >
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:46:44PM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
> Hi! need your help again!
>
> Floppy installation of Debian was almost successfully finished, but the
> SUN box was not able to boot directly from the hard disk to continue the
> second part of installation.
>
> I have consulted the do
Hi! need your help again!
Floppy installation of Debian was almost successfully finished, but the
SUN box was not able to boot directly from the hard disk to continue the
second part of installation.
I have consulted the docs "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC"
and "OpenBoot 3.x Command R
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 09:47:01AM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
>
> > try changing the boot device. Type STOP + a, then "boot floppy".
>
> Oh...I don't have a 'STOP' key on my Generic 105-key International
> (English, UK) keyboard.
>
> Is there any equivalence, like Esc, Ctrl or Alt, etc?
Is there
>
> ... it looks to me like the SPARC is trying to boot from the network, as
> Christopher said, hit Stop+A or Ctrl+Break to get yourself a prompt. On the
> Sparc here, I have to type "n" for new command mode", and then "boot /fd" to
> boot from the floppy ...
>
For my machine, it's Ctrl+Break
> try changing the boot device. Type STOP + a, then "boot floppy".
Oh...I don't have a 'STOP' key on my Generic 105-key International
(English, UK) keyboard.
Is there any equivalence, like Esc, Ctrl or Alt, etc?
ssage-
From: Christoph Gaitzsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Christoph Gaitzsch
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 1:43 AM
To: Wilson Yau
Cc: Andrew McRobert; 'Debian User Mailing List'
Subject: Re: Debian Linux on Sun UltraSparc IIi
>>>>> "WY" == Wilson
> "WY" == Wilson Yau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Where did you fail in the boot process? ie. did the Sun access the floppy
>> and spit out an error message, or did it simply say something like "can't
>> find boot image" off the HDD?
WY> When the system started booting, I saw it
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 12:10:37PM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
> >
> > Try another method of booting... maybe off the CD if you can.
>
> I know Debian Potato 2.2 was released yesterdady. Is there a CD image
> for SPARC I can download from the Internet?
cdimage.debian.org has a list of mirrors
--
>
> Try another method of booting... maybe off the CD if you can.
I know Debian Potato 2.2 was released yesterdady. Is there a CD image
for SPARC I can download from the Internet?
> Where did you fail in the boot process? ie. did the Sun access the floppy
> and spit out an error message, or did it simply say something like "can't
> find boot image" off the HDD?
When the system started booting, I saw it soughting the floopy drive as
the green light was on and off several tim
Wilson Yau
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:53 PM
To: Debian User Mailing List
Subject: Debian Linux on Sun UltraSparc IIi
Hi! Do anyone have the experience of successful installation of Debian
Linux on a Sun UltraSparc IIi?
I download the 1.44 floppy image for sparc (rescue, root, driver and
bas
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 03:52:30PM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
> Hi! Do anyone have the experience of successful installation of Debian
> Linux on a Sun UltraSparc IIi?
> I download the 1.44 floppy image for sparc (rescue, root, driver and
> base) rom a mirror site, but the box did not boot the rescu
Hi! Do anyone have the experience of successful installation of Debian
Linux on a Sun UltraSparc IIi?
I download the 1.44 floppy image for sparc (rescue, root, driver and
base) rom a mirror site, but the box did not boot the rescue disk.
Thanks for all your sharing.
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