Re: Trouble installing on an dual-168MHz Ultra2
* Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> [010209 14:48]:
> I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the
> Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato.
> However, none of the floppies that I obtained from
> ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/...
> will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction"
> and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions
> given by README.txt in the directory above.
Most UltraSPARCs have a PROM bug that prevent them from booting from
floppy. You therefore have 2 _other_ good choices:
1) Boot from CD
2) Boot over the network
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