I tried Ben Collins' Sparc boot floppies. Unfortunately, they still freeze on me after the rescue/boot disk asks for the second root disk. I then tried installing NetBSD 1.5.2 from floppies and that worked without any problems. This seems to imply that the freeze is a Debian installer bug, not a problem with my null-modem serial connection or bad floppy disks.
chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas J. Zeeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:44 PM Subject: Re: Sparc Woody install freezes after asking for second boot floppy > > > 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] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
