Thanks. I already managed it in the meantime using a bootp server ... Wolfgang
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wolfgang Hottgenroth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 3:04 PM Subject: Re: Booting from CDROM on sparc classic > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 11:44:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Hottgenroth wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm new to the issue "Linux on sparc", since in my job we only run Solaris > > on our computers. (Although I'm somewhat familiar to installing Linux on > > PCs.) > > > > But now I became the owner of an old, retired SPARCclassic and like to > > install Linux on it. I got the CDROMs (2.2_rev0/sparc) from the Internet and > > boot from the first one, using the SCSI option. > > The bootable on the rev0 SPARC iso's are broken. Use the rev0_cdv1 SPARC > iso's (cdimage.debian.org) is you want to boot from CD. > > Otherwise, you can read the install manual for instructions on how to boot > using other methods (net, floppy, etc..). > > Ben > > -- > -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=----- - > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---' >
