James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A couple of general questions about the sparc cd images.
> 1) Is there anything special I have to do to make them bootable? I remember > people on the redhat list having a discussion a while back about bootable > cd's on the sparc. FWIW, I burn my discs under windows (since jvc won't give > specs for my cdr) using adaptec software. The images from cdimage.debian.org are bootable. You just have to write the raw image to the CDR. > 2) If I can't boot from the cd (I'm not sure if my cdrom supports booting), > can I use the bootdisks to boot and then install from the files on the CD? Yes. OpenPROM has some issues with non-sun CDROM drives (RE blocksize), so you may or may not be able to directly boot the CD in a non-Sun drive, but the the Linux kernel can read them just fine after it is up and running. > Sorry for the naive questions. I'm currently running a nearly-up-to-date > debian on my IPX and wanted discs to install on my 1 and 1+. You could also mount the CD's and to an FTP or NFS install Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
