On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:50, you wrote: > Hamish, > > Tried all the optiond available using the installer, but modprobe didn't > occur to me. >
yep, switch to vt2 and modprobe esp. it might be the same problem. Hamish > CJH ANDREW > DII SA4a2a > Mil: 94382 3450 > Civ: 01225 813450 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hamish Greig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 November 2005 02:28 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sparc Station 20 and Etch > > On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 01:26, Andrew, Chris Mr wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > Just subscribed to the list after being off it for 6 months plus. > > > > Has anybody managed to install Etch on A SS20? > > > > I do "boot cdrom", CDROM boots, start the install, all looking good, > > then installer tries to detect my CDROM (that I booted from), and > > prompts me for modules. I have tried all the options, but no luck. > > can you clarify what you mean by all the options, I know when I > installed to > an e3000 a mo0nth or so ago I had to modprobe esp before the cdrom and > disk > drives could be found. So easy to fix I forgot to ever mention it. > > Hamish > > > BTW, I booted the default Etch kernel. It's quite annoying, because > > my > > > Sparc only likes new media, not CDRW's....so getting through some > > disks. > > > BTW, I reported this twice as a bug, but no acknowledgement, so not > > sure > > > if being addressed. Next plan could be a Sarge install (no probs), > > then maybe see if "apt-get dist-upgrade" works. I've never tried > > this. > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris. > > > > CJH ANDREW > > DII SA4a2a > > Mil: 94382 3450 > > Civ: 01225 813450 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
