-----Original Message----- From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Sparc Subject: Re: Ultra 5 install problem
<snip> > Now before you go bashing on my cd burning ability, this disk will > boot fine in my other sparcs. So will all of the other cds I have > burned. I have purchased new memory for it, I have done a thorough > wiping of the drive in another machine, I have even put back the oem > sun cdrom and 8gb hdd, and have the exact same results. I 'am' able to > install Solaris 9 with NO PROBLEMS, and it runs great. I've been told some older Sun boxen will only boot from particular brands of CD - that might explain this although AFAIK they stopped doing that way before the Ultra series. Perhaps try again with the OEM cdrom and the new hdd. > But, I want debian on here. This machine previously had debian > installed, and ran great. At that time, it had the 8gb hdd, and 2 > smaller scsi drives. I am willing to try anything you all might > suggest. I really don’t want to trash this machine, as it performs so well. > Thanks for any replies. Have you tried a net install? If you have another Sun boxen (or access to one) you could install onto the hard disk and then switch boxes. IIRC there is also a way of installing from an existing UNIX - you could use Solaris 9 to install onto the larger disk and then boot from it. HTH Sweet Dreams, - Martin -- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Seasons change, things come to pass" Martin, Thanks for the response. I had heard about the install from the existing Solaris partition. I was just trying too hard to fix the problem, and not just go around it. Though if this problem continues, I may just do that. The debian version that im currently trying to install is: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/beta3/sarge-sparc-ne tinst.iso I am thoroughly stumped at this point. It seems as though there is a problem loading linux from the cd to begin the install. But what could it be? I am no linux expert, but wouldn't it seem as though it is having problems loading into memory? The memory is literally brand new, but I have the same problem as with the old memory. Kurt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.620 / Virus Database: 399 - Release Date: 3/11/2004
