> 1) when grub starts, after "GRUB Loading kernel....", I have two error lines: > ##### > error: out of memory. > error: no suitable video mode found. > ##### > then I get the menu just fine anyway.
I believe this is 'normal', I got the same with two different video adapters. (Creator3D and Mach64) > 2) after selecting the Debian entry from the menu I get: > ##### > Recalibrate failed. The floppy drive is either missing, improperly > connected, or defective. > error: unable to open /sbus/@1f,0/SUNW,fdtwo@f,1400000. > ##### > and then nothing. > Sometimes I get a second error, but mentioning a path to a hard drive > - "/sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd", with the final @0,0 (or @1,0) > missing. I'm not able to reproduce this second error at the moment, > don't know why. I don't think I can help you, but I did have lots of floppy drive problems on my system, so I simply unhooked it. Might be that the Linux floppy driver is currently broken, or a hardware problem.