Stephen J. Carpenter writes: > On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 02:52:16PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would like to try the sparc/linux debian system on an old > > Sun IPC. I have downloaded the file resc1440.bin in the directoty ... > > ok> boot floppy > > boot device: /fd > > can't read disk label > > can't open Sun disk label packages > > can't open boot device > > > > What is wrong ? > > I asked a while ago here baout making boot floppies.... > I had no luck either making them (YET) but...I don't have a hard > drive to install on yet either so.... > > I heard that I need to format them on the SUN first and THEN rawrite > the disk onto the floppy. I am still unsure of ho wto do this...
In fact, the problem is with my floppy (on the very first sector). I see it when I try to reformat the disk. So format is always useful since it tell you if the floppy has a some defect. But I am still not able to boot the system. I have been able to go all the way through the installation process (using a nfs mounted directory containing the debian archive). But when I reboot the machine, I get the following error: /sbin/unconfigure.sh cannot create temp file for here document: read-only filesystem The boot process stop there and if I press return, it switches to level 6 and does a reboot. Is it a bug ? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PHAM Dinh Tuan | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laboratoire de Modelisation et Calcul | Tel: +33 4 76 51 44 23 BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex (France) | Fax: +33 4 76 63 12 63 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
