Re: New set of sparc boot disks
On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 08:33:42PM -0800, John Chapman wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
>
> > The new set of disks are at:
> >
> > ftp://marcus.debian.net/pub/debian/disks-sparc/current
>
<sun4c failures>
This is truly odd since they are the exact same kernels as before.
> The same floppy and tftp images boot OK on an LX, although I didn't go
> through the whole installation process, since I didn't want to wipe out my
> NetBSD installation, but I'll find another disk to try it with. However,
> the "reboot" doesn't seem to work either from the menu, or from the
> command line. And "ping" complains about an "unknown protocol icmp".
Yeah, I noticed the ping and reboot problems, and they are on my list of
things "todo".
> And on the SS5, things went OK until it was time to install the base
> system; the default address gives us a "404 not found" message, and trying
> to fetch base2_2.tgz from kachinatech gave the same "http failed" message
> as before. And no reboot or ping, either.
Does the net install allow ftp? If not I can make these available via http
from the same site aswell. If it does allow ftp, then you should use the
ones an the debian.net address.
> Sorry for the bad news. The new console font looks nice, though :-)
Things will get better. I'de be more worried about lack of response on
testing than major problems (that font is nice :)
Thanks for the feedback, let me know if you find anything elsem especially
wrt the sun4c problem.
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