Re: Floppy based install of Debian-Sparc
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
Ben> On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:37:59AM -0400, Josh Kuperman wrote:
>> I installed Debian Sparc initially by purchasing the CDs and
>> installing from the CDs. I have since loaned the CD drive to a
>> friend. (I could get it back, easily enough.) After I installed I
>> updated to frozen and an SMP kernel. I have another Sparc (only one
>> CPU) that I would like to experiment with. I have my own network
>> for all practical purposes.
>>
>> What is the simplest way to install Debian on a Sparc without a
>> CD-ROM. I would need to reformat or at least redo the layout of
>> hard disks. I could download images to another machine a PC, the
>> abovementioned Debian Sparc installation or a PC Debian
>> Installation, or RedHat. I'm curious because, while I prefer
>> Debian in most respects to RedHat, I do see RedHat's ability to
>> install over the Internet from a single floppy as a great plus.
Ben> You can install Debian over the internet with 2 floppies, or even
Ben> easier (same with RedHat) boot from a tftp server using the tftp
Ben> images. On the Debian box this is as simple as "apt-get install
Ben> tftpd".
I tried this yesterday, but with no luck :-/ I used the tftpboot.img
from boot-floppies 2.2.12 on my SPARC IPC. When the installation process
need to download the drivers.tgz it fails. On the Debian site there is
no such file, but a driver-1.bin.
/M@ds
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