Re: Sparc5 install disks

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

Ian Keith Setford wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install on a Sparc5.  When I boot from the floppy, I get
> halfway through the boot and then the rescue disk is ejected. I push it
> back in to continue but when I do I get the following message:
> 
> Kernel panic: unable to open initial console
> No init found. Try passing the kernel init= 
> 
> I tried to use "linux init=/bin/sh" to boot with no success.  I am using
> the disks from the stable tree.  I tried both the resc1440-2.2.1.bin and
> the resc144--2.2.1-sun4u.bin.  Same problem with both.
> 
> This is my first install on a Sparc but I am very familiar with Intel
> installs.
> 
> Anybody have advice?

You need to insert the root disk just after the rescue disk was ejected,
not the rescue disk again.  Sparc install is 2 floppy set.
Put the root.bin file on a second floppy, like you did for the rescue image.

Regards.

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