On Mon, 6 May 2002, Chris Peterson wrote: [snip] > Uncompressing image... > Booting Linux... > ... > floppy0: WARNING disk change called early > VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER > > Now the problems begin. The rescue/boot floppy is automatically ejected. I > insert the root filesystem disk and press ENTER, but nothing happens! The > machine seems to be frozen or not responding to my keypresses. If I press > CTRL+BREAK to break into the OpenBoot ok prompt, nothing happens. I have to > power-cycle the machine. > > Does anyone know what the problem might be? What might cause the warning > about "floppy0: WARNING disk change called early"? Is that important or > harmless?
That's a problem with the boot-floppies themselves. Which version of boot-floppies was this? the ones from ftp.debian.org (or a mirror)? If so, try the ones at http://auric.debian.org/~bcolins/disk-sparc/ hth Thomas PS Why not try a tftpboot? You have another machine and it's by far easier for the sparc-architecture. -- You have changed the signature included in your e-mail. For these changes to take effect, you must restart your computer! Do you wish to restart your computer now? [YES] [NO] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
