Re: UltraSparc 10 - cannot boot
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 02:36:01PM +0100, F. Schoenahl wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I wanted to start a debian installation on an SUN UltraSparc 10, I have read that I may experience problems installing it, and indeed, I have problems.
>
> I have burnt the sparc CD1 iso - nonUs to a cd rw, and tried to boot on it from openboot -
>
> ok boot cdrom
>
> The "disk label" is not recognised, no "boot device" found etc. I found some message in the archive, but no solutions -- one was floppy - but I get the same error with both sun4u and sun4cm burnt images (dd if=root.img of=<floppydevice>).
>
> The solaris CD boots perfectly. The floppy boots correctly on an old sparc 5.
>
> How could I force my ultra10 to boot from the floppy, tune openboot?? -
> are there particular options to burn the CD?
I'm not sure the nonUS CD was created properly. You can try the
sparc-mini.iso at:
http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/
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