Last I knew, when I tried to install the first time on my Ultra 1 about 6 mos ago, and from what I have heard, you cannot install from a floppy. There is a problem booting Ultra machines off of a floppy. I would recomend waiting for the ISO's and doing it that way. It is a much easier way than the alternatives I know of (tftpboot :( ) Chris B
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to install the current frozen distribution, but I wouldn't > mind even older one (assuming dselect and apt-get would work after > that). Just to start. I am downloading ISO images right now, but > tomorrow morning PDT, I would like to start installation. If I could > make it from floppies, I would be happier, though. I know that Red Hat > is bootable there, but it was from a CD (that's why am I downloading ISO > images - I wouldn't otherwise). > > When I press Stop-A and after I get ok prompt, I can test floppy > which shows it's there and successfuly readable. "boot floppy" doesn't > work, though. The error message says "Can't open disk label package" and > something about "bad magic number". > > I tried to find help on > http://www.debian.org/releases/frozen/sparc/install.en.txt, but that > document isn't very useful. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Peter. > > P.S.: I even tried today version of bootfloppies. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
