Re: Sparc Woody install freezes after asking for second boot floppy
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Chris Peterson wrote:
[snip]
> Uncompressing image...
> Booting Linux...
> ...
> floppy0: WARNING disk change called early
> VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
>
> Now the problems begin. The rescue/boot floppy is automatically ejected. I
> insert the root filesystem disk and press ENTER, but nothing happens! The
> machine seems to be frozen or not responding to my keypresses. If I press
> CTRL+BREAK to break into the OpenBoot ok prompt, nothing happens. I have to
> power-cycle the machine.
>
> Does anyone know what the problem might be? What might cause the warning
> about "floppy0: WARNING disk change called early"? Is that important or
> harmless?
That's a problem with the boot-floppies themselves.
Which version of boot-floppies was this?
the ones from ftp.debian.org (or a mirror)?
If so, try the ones at http://auric.debian.org/~bcolins/disk-sparc/
hth
Thomas
PS Why not try a tftpboot? You have another machine and it's by far easier
for the sparc-architecture.
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