Sounds like I need to buy some new burnable CD's and download Etch. Maybe that will solve the "non-executable" problem?
On 04/07/07, Martin Habets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 04:56:28PM +0100, Chris Andrew wrote: > Same again, I'm afraid. A year ago, I had Sarge running on an SS20, so I > know it can work. Something is obviously not right. The other strange > thing is that I have two 2.1 Gb drives, and whatever I try to do with the > 2nd drive, it only lets me use about 250 megs. I have removed all the > partitions on it, and tried several times. I've come upon this issue as well. Parted completely misinterpreted the disk geometry. The only way I got around it is to use good ol' fdisk. The only tricky part is getting is during the install: I put it on an ftp server and wget it. I used etch when I hit this. Did try sarge as well, did not get it to install. Martin > On 04/07/07, Matthias Kreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hello Chris > > > > > >disk:a means the first partition. You can tray to boot from disk:c. From > >this partition debian is booting on my sun servers. > > > >Just use: boot disk:c > > > > > >Regards Matthias > > > > > >> I'll have a look, but as I say, Solaris was booting fine, on power-up, > >> and nothing has changed. > >> > >> printenv reads: > >> > >> "boot-device disk:a disk" in the second column it says "disk net" > >> > >> Does this help? > >> > >> Thank, > >> > >> Chris. > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: *ayo jegede* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Date: 04-Jul-2007 12:42 > >> Subject: Re: "File does not appear executable" on SS20. > >> To: Chris Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >> > >> You may need to set your OBP for your boot device. > >> > >> Run <ok>printenv at the boot prom and check which device is set for > >> boot-device > >> > >> Regards > >> Ayo > >> ------------------ > >> Sent with Instant Email from T-Mobile > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: "Chris Andrew" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:00:39 > >> To:debian-sparc <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Subject: "File does not appear executable" on SS20. > >> > >> Hi, all. > >> > >> I have been trying to install Sarge on a SPARCstation20. The install > >> goes fine, but when I reboot into my new installation, I get the OBP > >> message "File does not appear executable". > >> > >> BTW, I haven't tried Etch because I haven't got any spare CD's to burn > >> it to. > >> > >> Can anyone help? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Chris.
