Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "Orion" == Orion the Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Orion> First, thanks a lot for all the replies. Yes, I had read > Orion> somewhere that Ultra's cannot be booted from floppy, I just > Orion> can't remember exactly where.
> Probably the Install Manual? > Orion> But the odd thing is, I have > Orion> already installed Debian/Linux in this same machine using > Orion> floppy disks with a set of images from the site > Orion> ftp.ecs.msu.edu, and it worked! It was pre-slink, though, and > Orion> I think the images were for testing. Unfortunately, I was > Orion> stupid enough to overwrite the disk a few weeks ago, and so had > Orion> to try the new images (without success). So I assume there is > Orion> a way since the hardware is exactly the same. Does anyone have > Orion> any idea how? Many thanks in advance. ftp.cse.msu.edu > Hmm. My model, an ultra5, I know actually lacks the ability to boot > from floppies in the firmware. > I guess there is a bug here in that for sun4u machines which support > it, floppy booting should work. According to Jakub, none of Sun's Ultras will boot from floppy. (The AXi machines should be able to boot from floppy, however.) That said, when I last checked, the Ultra floppies were being incorrectly made by the boot-floppies script. (If run in a sparc32 machine, if it is run on a sparc64 machine, then the sparc32 floppies will be broken.) The solution is to add the "-U" flag to silo when making the 32-bit floppies and the "-u" flag when making the 64-bit floppies. The floppies that were at my site were correctly made, but I never corrected Eric because I didn't any sun4u machines could boot from floppy. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
