Hi Guys,
I've searched the archives with no luck so sorry if this has been answered already. Please bare with me as I'm a debian-sparc virgin :(
In short this is the problem and how I got there:
* setenv boot-file linux
* boot /pci@1f,0/.../cdrom@1,0:f
* computer resets and starts the debian install
* then errors:
...
...
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Partition check
...
Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.
VFS: Unable to mount root via NFS, trying floppy
VFS: Insert floppy and press ENTER
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00
I have tried:
* boot xxx root=/dev/hda1
Errors:
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You didn't specify the type of your UFS filesystem
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Warning: unable to open initial console
Kernel panic: No init found ...
- The ISO was burnt correctly and contains case-sensitive file structures (debian-2.2r3-sparc-1.iso)
- I would give you more info on hardware, bios versions, etc. but I'm new to Sparc and really don't know how to get it for you?
- This machine has 2 existing hdd's which ran Solaris8 but I'm wanting to nuke them and put Debian over the top
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Gordon (gcormack@powerserve.com.au)