Re: Bug#90549: SS2 Problem
* on the Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:49:16PM -0500, Ben Collins was blubbering:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:25:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > Matt Lewandowsky <matt.l@techie.com> writes:
> >
> > > Package: boot-floppies
> > > Version: potato (downloaded 20Mar2001)
> > > architecture: sparc
> > > model: SparcStation 2 (Machine Type 55)
> > > memory: 64MB
> > > scsi: internal (esp)
> > > cd-rom: none
> > > network card: internal (le)
> > > pcmcia: none
> > >
> > > I've tried booting from the image on quite a few disks and get the
> > > following afer the nice long instructions in SILO:
> > >
> > > boot: <I press CR here>
> > > Uncompressing image...
> > > Booting Linux...
> > >
> > > Watchdog reset
> > > Window UnderflowType help for more information
> > > ok
> > >
> > > So, does it appear to be operator error, my floppy drive, my floppies,
> > > the kernel, Debian, the image, something else, or all of the above?
> > >
> > > Any assistance is more than appreciated.
>
> This was a common problem with the SS2's, and I don't think we ever
> resolved it. I'm going to produce some woody boot-floppies soon, perhaps
> that will resolve the problem.
It's most probably the kernel. On my SS10, the same happens when I
try to boot 2.4.0, 2.4.1 or 2.4.2 from harddisk or net. This would
probably call for a brown paper bag if Linus had a Sparc.
Peter
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