* Will Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010209 14:48]: > I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the > Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato. > However, none of the floppies that I obtained from > ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/... > will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction" > and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions > given by README.txt in the directory above.
Most UltraSPARCs have a PROM bug that prevent them from booting from floppy. You therefore have 2 _other_ good choices: 1) Boot from CD 2) Boot over the network
