Well, the mem=512M did the trick, it's on it's way now :-) Thanks,
/ChJ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sharp Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:00 AM To: Debian Sparc Subject: Re: Fresh install of woody on quad SS20? Christian Jönsson wrote: > > 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.is > > > > o > > > > > > > > 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 have a similar machine, except mine is 150MHz (ha-ha), but only two processors(doh!). But it also has 512MB memory, and this has caused a string of problems since slink, which wouldn't install at all because it was more memory than the kernel/install stuff could dream of. So I installed the Redhat distro of the time. Luckily for me, potato came along soon after, I just saved my stuff, wiped it and installed potato. Early 2.4 kernels didn't want to boot either, sometimes because of the amount of memory; some of those worked if I spake the magical incantation mem=512M. So every time something fails that might be related, I first try removing half the memory to see if that changes anything. Good luck, and let us know what you find out. It sounds like a very *warm* machine. ~:^) a PS How did they get the four processors in there? Did they put two per daughter card or ? -- 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]
