Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > On the 2, it gets to SILO. When you press enter to start the > > > install, it proceeds to uncompress the kernel. It then fails with > > > something like IDPROM: failed reading format. The 10 claims that it > > > cannot find a sun boot label or something like that and does not > > > even get to SILO. I tried this on two different sparc2's and one > > > sparc10. One Sparc2 had 32 mb RAM, and the other has 64 mb RAM. I > > > don't know about the sparc10. > > > > Which image were you using? I believe you're supposed to use the > > sun4cdm images, but the documentation should make that clear. > I used sun4cdm images. Both woody and potato disks failed. Interestingly, I confirmed that other people with ss10 are able to use the boot-system sucessfully. Can anyone here on the debian-sparc list offer help to this user, and what, if anything, we can do in the boot-floppies sources to fix this problem (or at least document it) ? If you need more info, see bug 118669. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
