Bug#171027: boot-floppies

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> > reassign 171027 boot-floppies
> Does it means changing Subject: for boot floppies?
> Sorry, if not.

It is just a cosmetical/technical thing in the bug tracking system. Not related to the subject.

> > At Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:58:34 +0100,
> > Ruzsinszky Attila wrote:
> > > architecture:  sparc
> > >      model:         SUN SparcStation 2
> > >      memory:        64MB
> > >      scsi:          built in
> > >      cd-rom:        none
> > >      network card:  built in
> > >      pcmcia:        none.
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I want to boot over network. My machine got the tftpboot.img
> > > file from the TFTP server and started it.
> > > On the console I could see:
> > > Booting Linux ...
> > > ... and that's all!
> > 
> > Isn't it just being slow ?
> I don't know. How long do I have to wait? a.out is waiting for ~10-20secs.
> I waited many minutes. I will check again.

sparc2 is probably been known to be very slow?

Also, you may want to try with potato boot images as well (if you've tried only woody images).
I don't know if sparc2 has been well tested.


regards,
	junichi