Re: SunBlade 100 install hangs

[<kurt@verruckt.org>]

I have the exact same problem on an Ultra 5. I have tried the forums at
sun.com but still havent found an answer. I would like to see if anyone on
this list has an idea about this.

Kut

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Horowitz" <marc@mit.edu>
To: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: SunBlade 100 install hangs


> I just tried following the instructions posted here
>
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2003/debian-sparc-200312/msg00171.html
>
> a few weeks ago, and I cannot make it work.
>
> When I netboot either the 4 Dec or 5 Dec tftpboot.img from
> phunnypharm, the OBP (version 4.10.6) says
>
>     Remapping the kernel... done.
>     Booting Linux...
>
> Then hangs forever.  If I try to use
>
<http://www.phunnypharm.org/pub/for/sparc-folks/disks-sparc/current/sparc-mi
ni.iso>
> or the 5 Dec variant, either the linux or rescue target, I get
>
>     Uncompressing image...
>     <spinny thing>
>     Decompression error: uncompressed image too long - wouldn't fit into
destination
>
>
>     Error loading /dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/sparc64/vmlinuz
>
>
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2003/debian-sparc-200312/msg00042.html
>
> mentions a 2.4.23 iso at
> <http://www.phunnypharm.org/pub/for/sparc-folks/sparc-mini.iso>, but
> it isn't there.
>
> What else should I try to get some sort of install going?
>
>                 Marc
>
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