* on the Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:49:16PM -0500, Ben Collins was blubbering: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:25:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > Matt Lewandowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Package: boot-floppies > > > Version: potato (downloaded 20Mar2001) > > > architecture: sparc > > > model: SparcStation 2 (Machine Type 55) > > > memory: 64MB > > > scsi: internal (esp) > > > cd-rom: none > > > network card: internal (le) > > > pcmcia: none > > > > > > I've tried booting from the image on quite a few disks and get the > > > following afer the nice long instructions in SILO: > > > > > > boot: <I press CR here> > > > Uncompressing image... > > > Booting Linux... > > > > > > Watchdog reset > > > Window UnderflowType help for more information > > > ok > > > > > > So, does it appear to be operator error, my floppy drive, my floppies, > > > the kernel, Debian, the image, something else, or all of the above? > > > > > > Any assistance is more than appreciated. > > This was a common problem with the SS2's, and I don't think we ever > resolved it. I'm going to produce some woody boot-floppies soon, perhaps > that will resolve the problem.
It's most probably the kernel. On my SS10, the same happens when I try to boot 2.4.0, 2.4.1 or 2.4.2 from harddisk or net. This would probably call for a brown paper bag if Linus had a Sparc. Peter -- "Any good Unix security engineer can clean up any Unix box. But I'm not sure there are people even within Microsoft who know how to clean up an NT box." -- Michael Zbouray
