Re: Bug#35338: Debian slink for sparc boot problem -- ideas
Did you try 2.0.35 bootdisks or 2.2.1 ones ?
The latter seems not to boot on my sparc2 too.
About 2.0.35 bootdisks (resc1440.bin & drv1440.bin images) I got many read
errors. It appears my floppy drive is very sensitive to floppy medium quality.
I tried several floppies before finding one that successfully booted linux.
You could also try /fd;1/linux at the SILO prompt (or something like that;
sorry I don't have a sparc handy to try it now).
Regards.
Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> Anyone have a clue for this person trying to install with a SS2 ?
>
> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:36:26 +1000
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> From: Michael Sim <msim@pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Debian slink for sparc boot problem
>
> I have a SS2 with a couple of internal hard disks, i went to boot the rescue
> disk as specified in the howto's so i could install it, and recieved the
> following message.
>
> ok boot floppy linux
> Boot device: /fd File and args: linux
> SILO
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Illegal or malformed device name
>
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Fatal error: Unable to open filesystem
>
>
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Illegal or malformed device name
>
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Fatal error: Cannot read partition
>
> Fatal error: Unable to open filesystem
>
> Image not found.... try again
> boot:
>
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