On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 06:06:31PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:50:44PM +0200, Christian J?nsson wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 04:38:59PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:35:49PM +0200, Christian J?nsson wrote: > > > > Just as a matter of check... > > > > > > > > How do I install Debian 3.0 (woody) on a quad cpu SPARCstation 20? > > > > > > > > Can I download ISOs from somewhere? > > > > > > > > Is there still a small install ISO to download and then a network > > > > install procedure is what has to be done? > > > > > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso > > > > > > Contains just enough to start the boot process. Everything else is done > > > over network to either an ftp or http Debian mirror (install is pretty > > > straight forward, but docs are also in the current/docs/ directory at > > > the above URL). > > > > hmm, first of all, the install iso says "Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 2.2!" > > but that's ok with me. but, hitting enter at the boot prompt gets me this: > > > > Uncompresssing image... > > Loading initial ramdisk.... > > PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5 > > Level 15 Interrupt > > Type help for more information > > > > Any idea of what is going on? > > > > This is on a quad Ross huperSPARC 125MHz SPARCstation 20 with 512 MB RAM: > > To be honest, I was not able to test sparc32 booting from this CD. Sad > to hear it isn't working. On a different approach, you can read the docs > on how to use the tftp install.
well, I haven't ruled out any other problems with this machine yet... it might be memory related... I'll keep trying a bit with the iso and we'll see... Cheers, /ChJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
