RE: Sparc netinstall CD image?
I got #4 working. I moved the RAM from the two slots nearest the cards to the two nearest the hard drive, on the recommendation of someone who told me that Suns are picky about where the RAM sits. I don't understand how OpenBoot could see the RAM and test it successfully, but I couldn't boot an installer with it in the slots it was in, but whatever.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Owen Mehegan
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:48 AM
To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Sparc netinstall CD image?
Well, the drive is a Toshiba XM-501B. I did some research on it on the web, and couldn't find any info on people who could not use the drive. I have tried three different media, each without success:
1. Boot floppies, created on my Windows system using rawrite2.exe. These produce the same "bad magic number" error.
2. Mini-sparc image that I found on http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/ This would boot, show me the SILO process as the kernel loads, and I would be prompted to hit enter to begin the Debian install. I did so, and then I saw "loading initial ramdisk" and then "bootmem_init: scan sp_banks" and some other stuff, and then the system resets and I end up back at the OpenBoot prompt.
3. Full install image that I downloaded using jigdo, which also produces the "bad magic number" error.
4. Solaris 9 install CD, which when booted fails with the error "Can't deduct panicbuf from physical memory list."
So, the closest to success that I have gotten is the mini-sparc CD, which will at least boot and show me the beginning of the install process. If anyone else has any ideas about how to get this system to install PLEASE let me know :)
Best regards,
Owen B. Mehegan
IT Manager, Perseus Development Corp.
Landline: (781) 848-8100 x263
Mobile: (617) 285-1701
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:andy@ccpu.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:08 PM
To: Owen Mehegan
Subject: Re: Sparc netinstall CD image?
Old processors sometimes have old CDROM drives attached. Are you sure
that your CDROM drive can handle the type of burnable CDROM you are
using? There are many instances of this happening to people with this
type of hardware in the list archives.
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On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:29:45PM -0400, Owen Mehegan wrote:
> I went ahead and downloaded a full CD ROM image, and now when I boot that I get the same error that I got when booting with the install floppies.
>
> "Bad magic number in disk label."
>
> I see that a lot of people have had this problem, but I can find no information about fixing it. Help?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Owen B. Mehegan
> IT Manager, Perseus Development Corp.
> Landline: (781) 848-8100 x263
> Mobile: (617) 285-1701
> SurveySolutions for the Web: Winner of the PC Magazine Editors' Choice
> Award
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Mehegan
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:53 PM
> To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Sparc netinstall CD image?
>
>
> I've been trying to find a Debian Sparc netinstall image to use to get Debian installed on my Sparcstation 20. I did a tftp install on my Sparc IPX once, and I have no desire to go through that again.
>
> I grabbed sparc-mini.iso from http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/ and burned it. When I boot the ss20 with that, the system boots, I see the SILO prompt, it tells me to hit enter to start the Debian install. I do that, and it starts to uncompress the image, then says something about a memory test, and the whole system reboots back to the openboot prompt. I can't seem to get past that point. Any suggestions, anyone? Thanks :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Owen B. Mehegan
> IT Manager, Perseus Development Corp.
> Landline: (781) 848-8100 x263
> Mobile: (617) 285-1701
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>
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