On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 12:07:36AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > Problem: I'm trying to install Debian onto an old SparcStation 20 via > CDROM, but the disk doesn't boot. > > Nothing is wrong with the SS20, as I've successfully loaded Solaris7 > onto it in a fresh install. And when I put the Solaris7 OEM CD into the > CDROM and type boot CDROM at the OK> prompt, it spins up the CDROM > nicely and everything loads up as expected. > > Here's what I did for Debian: > > 1. Downloaded the Sparc version of Debian via jidgo. > > 2. Burned the downloaded .iso on to a CDRW disk. I did this on a Win2k > box using EasyCD creator. Unfortunately, I don't have a burner on my > Linux boxes yet. > > 3. Insert the newly burned Debian disk into the Sparc, and reboot via > boot CDROM command. > > 4. The Sparc starts up, spins the CDROM a little bit, and then just > stops, without giving any messages.
Can you verify that the drive works with CDRWs? The OEM Solaris CD is not a CDRW. Drives the age of an SS20 sometimes have troubles with CDRs or CDRWs. a
