Adam Di Carlo wrote: > >>>>> "edmundo" == edmundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > edmundo> That error message is what you get if a disc has the wrong > edmundo> sort of partition table. The same problem plagued me for > edmundo> ages. > > edmundo> If you partition a disc on a PC, you probably put an MSDOS > edmundo> partition table on it. But Sun's PROM only understands Sun > edmundo> partition tables. > > Um, no, the documented way to write floppies out is with 'dd'. > This is raw device access; there is no problem with partition tables. > > I have attempted to burn boot-floppies for a SUN4u architecure using > x86 and had no luck, even when 'fdformat'ing from SunOS (5.6) and the > (on x86) using dd with bs=1024. No luck. > > So, um, is it a Sun4u problem? > > Is there any way to write boot floppies for sparc at all from x86?
It works on Sparc2 & SparcClassic at least. My sparc2 floppy drive is very sensitive to medium quality so I needed to write 3 floppies vefore giving a working one :( Regards. PS: I have no sun4u therefore I cannot help you on this part. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)
