Re: New bootdisks available
On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 02:28:44PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote:
> On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:04:12PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > Here's a snapshot of the latest 2.2.13 bootdisks, complete with fixes for:
> >
> > - tftp images being really broken
> > - drivers.tgz missing
> > - ethtool is now included in the root disk
> > - mkswap fixes
> > - updated 2.2.15 kernels with fixes from Dave Miller
> >
> > Let me know how this goes.
> >
> > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/
>
> It didn't for me.
>
> I used the sun4u/images-1.44/rescue.bin file; dd'd it onto a floppy.
> Below is what I get on a Sun Ultra 5.
>
> Any hints?
> Anand
>
> --- cut here ---
>
> ok boot floppy
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree File and args:
> Bad magic number in disk label
> Can't open disk label package
>
> Can't open boot device
>
> ok
>
More checking: It seems, according to a message in march, that not all
Ultra's can boot from floppy. I am trying the tftp image now ...
Anand
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