Re: Floppy based install of Debian-Sparc
On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 08:08:47PM +0200, Mads Hugo Pedersen wrote:
> >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
>
> >> 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.
>
> Ben> Nasty...I wonder what went wrong with that last set of
> Ben> boot-floppies :/
>
> Ben> Anyway, you can download the rescue.bin and driver-1.bin, write
> Ben> those to a floppy, and the rest can be done via the internet (or
> Ben> local NFS if you wish to download base2.2.tgz aswell).
>
> Thats my problem, I do not have a floppy drive in my IPC... Damn, I
> guess I have to wait then... But thats okey, I suppose it will work when
> potato gets stable (and that is in the near future).
Ok, I'll email the debian-sparc list when I have a new set of boot
floppies ready. Sorry you got bit, but we'll get you going soon :)
Ben
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