I could install on my ultra10 with just a boot cdrom in the openprom prompt.
I am not very familiar with openprom commands, but Does that give the same result.? -bharath On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 18:26, Gordon Cormack wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've searched the archives with no luck so sorry if this has been answered > already. Please bare with me as I'm a debian-sparc virgin :( > > In short this is the problem and how I got there: > > * setenv boot-file linux > * boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/.../[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f > * computer resets and starts the debian install > * then errors: > ... > ... > ... > Partition check > ... > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > VFS: Unable to mount root via NFS, trying floppy > VFS: Insert floppy and press ENTER > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 > VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00 > > I have tried: > * boot xxx root=/dev/hda1 > Errors: > ... > You didn't specify the type of your UFS filesystem > ... > Warning: unable to open initial console > Kernel panic: No init found ... > > - The ISO was burnt correctly and contains case-sensitive file structures > (debian-2.2r3-sparc-1.iso) > - I would give you more info on hardware, bios versions, etc. but I'm new to > Sparc and really don't know how to get it for you? > - This machine has 2 existing hdd's which ran Solaris8 but I'm wanting to > nuke them and put Debian over the top > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > Gordon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
