Bug#162143: marked as done (install-doc: Add sparc floppy boot error message)
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From: Pieter-Paul Spiertz <pspiertz@sci.kun.nl>
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Subject: install-doc: Add sparc floppy boot error message
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My Sun Ultra 5 does not boot the Debian Woody sparc floppy images.
After an hour, I finally found an answer - NetBSD 1.6, SuSE 7.1 had the
same problems, nowhere a solution and I didn't understand why, until I
skimmed the debian-sparc mailinglist archives and understood that it was
a hardware problem.
I really think this is something for a FAQ.
My problem was that Google did not find the exact error message with the
fix.
So, here you go:
--- documentation/en/rescue-boot.sgml 2002-05-15 23:07:31.000000000 +0200
+++ documentation/en/rescue-boot.sgml.patched 2002-09-24 11:37:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -596,9 +596,10 @@
<![ %sparc [
<p>
Be warned that the newer Sun4u (ultra) architecture does not support
-floppy booting. Furthermore, a number of Sun4c models (such as the
-IPX) do not support the compressed images found on the disks, so also
-are not supported.
+floppy booting. A typical error message is "Bad magic number in disk
+label - Can't open disk label package".
+Furthermore, a number of Sun4c models (such as the IPX) do not support
+the compressed images found on the disks, so also are not supported.
<p>
Several Sparcs (e.g. Ultra 10) have an OBP bug that prevents them from
booting (instead of not supporting booting at all). The appropriate
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Subject: closing bugs in the old install-doc package
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I'm closing these bugs because install-doc was the documentation for the
boot-floppies, which have reached end of life.
Current installation documentation is in the debian-installer-manual
package. If you think that your documentation issue is still not
adequately covered in the sarge installer manual, please reopen your bug
report and reassign it to debian-installer-manual.
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