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Re: TFTP install -> SILO woes!



Thanks, I'll try tonight.

--jack

Feb 01, Jack Morgan scratched in indelible ink :
>
> > I just installed Potato onto a SS20, rebooted, then .... The PROM gave
an
> > error like "SILO buggy old PROM can't boot after 1GB", etc. This is my
first
> > Sparc, but I suspect that I need to "setenv" the correct boot partition.
My
> > only HDD is 2GB. I tried setenv boot-file linux, but no luck. In fdisk,
i
> > choose automatic partioning:
> >
> > /dev/sda1    linux
> > /dev/sda2    swap
> > /dev/sda3    whole disk label
> >
> yah.  You need the boot partition to be under the 1GB limit (Think PCs and
their
> buggy BIOS problems too)
>
> thus:
>
> /dev/sda1  linux /   (size < 1GB)  < 100MB is feasible)
> /dev/sda2  swap  swap  random size
> /dev/sda3  whole disk (only essential if using SunOS/Solaris)
> /dev/sda4  linux /usr (size large)
>
> /Jp...
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