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Re: Debian 3.0 for SPARC

Bellsouth Net News wrote:


Hello all,

I am installing Debian 3.0 for SPARC already for the 10th time (changing the
partition scheme every time ...) because at the end of every installation
the installation program sends out an error message saying that the device
is out of space ... I just cannot believe it ... I am using a 9 GB Sun
hardisk, now with ONLY 2 partitions, sda1 of  7 GB and a swap of 2 GB, I am
NOT REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM TO INSTALL ANY APPLICATION and
regularly at about the end of the installation I get this damned message ...
does anybody know a way out?

Best regards - Lou
I think what you' re missing is partition #3, type Whole Disk (id 5). This is mandatory for sun systems and should not be omitted, e.g.: 

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

  Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1             0        30     15120   83  Linux native
/dev/sda2  u         30       290    131040   82  Linux swap
/dev/sda3             0      2036   1026144    5  Whole disk
/dev/sda4           290      2036    879984   83  Linux native
This partition (as the name indicates) starts at cylinder 0 and ends at the last cylinder. More info you can find in the installation manual. 

~kmag
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