On 21 Jun 2017, at 14:31, Tom Demler <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally was successful installing sparc64 on my old Ultra Enterprise II. I > had to switch the output to the ttya port and have it connected to a serial > port on a laptop in order to do the install from the ISO image on CD. Then > the install proceeded normally and I could boot normally. Aptitude was > working well and I used it to obtain the latest updates. I then attempted to > install a desktop starting with xfce (I only have 1Gb of RAM). Received > several “Not Found” messages for packages so the install of xfce did not > continue. Attempted the same with LXDE with similar results. Finally I > updated package lists and proceeded with the resulting upgrades. This seemed > to install many, many packages – possibly all that were downloaded in my > attempt to install a desktop. It was taking a very long time particularly > with building the font cache. I left it continue… > This morning the system was at the Sun OpenBoot boot prompt so I attempted to > boot the system. It seemed to be booting normally but the result is a blank > screen and I cannot get a response to anything. What is the best way to > recover from this?
You could always try booting into the non-graphical multi-user mode (systemd.unit=multi-user.target) or single-user mode (systemd.unit=rescue.target). Regards, James
