Re: Sun4u network installation report
Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> writes:
> I was able to install Debian on my Sun4u using TFTP and NFS installation
> throughout (floppyless, CD-less). Worked like a charm for the most part.
> I encountered some problems already reported here: serial ports -- Is
> this a Linux 2.2 thing or a but in setserial or something? Problems
> with swap but once I had my base system installed, it was fine. The
> loop error when NFS installing.
> Booting into my system was a bit difficult; I skipped the 'make system
> bootable' step, figuring I could boot into the system using OpenPROM
> (I have solaris installed on this box as well). However, I couldn't
> boot from /dev/hda4 from OpenPROM using 'boot disk0:d', which I would
> expect to work. Any gotcha here I'm missing?
"Make System Bootable" installs the silo bootloader on the partition.
You're not going to get very far without a bootloader. (Even in
Solaris you have to install the bootloader.)
Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu
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