You use a Debian SPARC CD.  And boot off the cdrom.

Ivan


On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 11:01:37AM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira 
wrote:
>       So,
>       how to install Debian in a Ultra5?
>       Thanks,         Paulo Henrique
> Quoting Steve Dunham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > "Ivan E. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 04:57:25AM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de 
> > > Oliveira wrote:
> > > >     Hi all,
> > > >     6 months ago or so, I pretend to install Debian in a Ultra 5 in my
> > > > school, but I cant. No I can, but I think that slink was released and
> > > > somethings changed.
> > > >     I tried a boot disk for sparc debian in Ultra 5 and didnt work.
> > > >     What is wrong? How to install?
> > > >     Thanks,        Paulo Henrique
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I had issues installing from floppy on my ultra 5 as well...but I think
> > > it has something to do with how they have things setup here at work.
> > 
> > > I used the CD to install it and everything was happy.
> > 
> > You can't boot floppies on an Ultra 5.  (Rumor has it that it is
> > possible on an Ultra1 with a PROM upgrade, but I haven't confirmed
> > it.)
> > 
> > 
> > Steve
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
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