I'm having some trouble installing slink/sparc on a SPARCstation 1. I've tried the different methods, and different configurations of memory, but I can't make it work! I use 9bit parity 1Mb memory, 8 in total (two different brands).
When trying to install with the tftpboot.img I get "Watchdog reset \ Window Underflow \ ok" - which may not be so strange, I guess 8Mb isn't enough. When trying to install with linux.a-out kernel via tftp the kernel loads and then stops like this: == Sending BOOTP and RARP requests....<7>ARP: arp called for own IP address == then it just waits there. I can go back to the openprom by sending break. The strange thing is; when using only 4Mb of ram, i get this message: == Sending BOOTP and RARP requests.... OK Root-NFS: Got RARP answer from 192.168.1.8, my address is 192.168.1.9 Watchdog reset Window Underflow ok == I've configured BOOTP to the best of my knowledge (the sparc_release_note.txt didn't mention this at all). Another thing... I was totally clueless about Sun hardware until a couple of days ago when I got this machine; what kind of memory configurations can I have? I bought two 4Mb units, but the machine totally ignores them - unless I put them together with two 1Mb units (then it suddenly thinks I've got 20Mb installed). I suspect I must use 4 of a kind to make things work...or not? I'd really appreciate some advice on what might be wrong and what to do. -- Eirik Mikkelsen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
