Hi Bharath,
Yes I've read Sparc 10's don't like floppy based installs too.
Well I was pretty sure my openprom (openboot?) command of:
"boot cdrom linux root=/dev/hda1" would be okay? Afterall, it starts the debian install (which means it's successfully reading from the cdrom).
It just seems to me like it's running the install from cd but trying to mount/boot the kernel from floppy?
Hmmmm...stuck :(
-----Original Message-----
From: Bharath Krishnan [mailto:bharath@wavelets.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2001 10:44 AM
To: Gordon Cormack
Cc: 'debian-sparc@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: 1st time installation on a Sun Sparc Ultra 10...
I could install on my ultra10 with just a boot cdrom in the openprom
prompt.
I am not very familiar with openprom commands, but
Does that give the same result.?
-bharath
On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 18:26, Gordon Cormack wrote:
> 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:
> ...
> ...
> ...
> 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:
> ...
> You didn't specify the type of your UFS filesystem
> ...
> 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)
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