Hi, I've got a SparcStation 2 and I've downloaded potato for it. I've tried booting with the Debian CD but it doesn't boot, I think this may be because the CD is external. It also has two external hard drives so I've tried the boot both with them on and with them off.
I've also tried booting with rescue.bin and the root.bin floppy disks but it doesn't seem to notice them. I can see a light near the drive but there are no messages during the boot that indicate it has looked at it. (My understanding was that I use the rescue.bin, then root.bin then the drivers disks, & then I should be able to go from the CDs) What am I doing wrong ? Do I have to open the machine up and disconnect the internal hard drive so that it doesn't have any way to boot other than the floppy ? This comp was surplus to work and nobody remembers the password. I was hoping to just replace everything with Linux and hence didn't need password. It currently has SunOS (4.1.3 I think) and when I leave the external hard drives off, I am allowed to enter su mode, does this help me, what can I do in this to install Linux ? Is there a way I can change the bios to boot from the external CD or the internal floppy ? Thanks in advance. Damian Del Campo Software Engineer, SAGRN Project E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
