> > Please retain the CC to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > You reported: > > > model: Sun SparcStation 2 > > memory: 32MB RAM > > > I ran a RARP and TFTP server on an Intel box on the same subnet as > > the Sparc. I can get the Sparc to boot from the net using the "boot > > net" command. tcpdump on the intel box shows the RARP transaction > > and the tftp transfer of the boot image. The sparc counts the bytes > > received in hex, then prints "TILO" immediately and after about a 5 > > second delay it prints "Booting Linux..." and hangs. I have had > > RedHat 6.2 running on this box for some time now and I wanted to > > change it to a Debian machine. > > I don't have this hardware so we rely on other testers. > > Could you please try this with the 2.3.5 or better boot-floppies? > Those are perhaps not prime time but we aren't really working on the > 2.2.x series of boot-floppies anymore. > > Can any one on the debian-sparc list confirm or infirm that TFTP works > for SS2 or other sparc models? I have in Bug#97220 a report that > debootstrap segfaults immediately after booting. > > I hope some of the people on this list can play around with the new > Woody boot-floppies and file intelligent bugs, whether it's on the > kernel or boot-floppies or whatever package. That will make the woody > release a whole lot better. > > -- > .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onshored.com/> >
I've successfully installed from a x86 linux system using rarp and tftp on an SS20. It seems that the rarp and tftp stages have worked successfully here, but the loaded kernel is hanging. Jim Clark - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
