On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, graziano wrote: > I'm trying to install debian on an old sparc 5. The HD is in need of at
... > I get to the boot prompt. I tried the "s" option (for SCSI cdrom) and > the kernel boot, but it cannot mount the root filesystem. ...[many posts discussing possible cdrom issues]... > I'm fairly experienced with x86 debian installation, but this is my > first sparc. Any suggestion on what to do? > Magic thing about sparcs: you can TFTP boot them without a cdrom or floppy -- you just need another running machine that will ARP/RARP. I use this to boot all sparcs for installation (been doing it for a while now). The initial instructions I followed to get it working (it's pretty straightforward) I found in Hugo van der Kooij's (hope i got that right) SPARCBook FAQ, on sunhelp.org. You can install everything *everything* via TFTP. It's beautiful. Yet to see a sparc with a dead NIC :) Ari
