SS5 won't install!
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Okay, I've mucked
about with this thing for several days trying several different options and I
can't get the thing to install. Here's what I've done:
Started with an
external CDROM drive, wouldn't boot due to SCSI bus hangs, apparently something
wrong with CDROM. (Is an actual Sun external CDROM unit, the SONY
internals one)
Then, I tried a
floppy install and had the terminal freeze problems that another poster
listed. It gets through the kernel start, then when it wants the root
floppy, I can't do anything. I have to cold boot the
machine.
Next, tried a net
boot install. ARP/RARP respond, tftp sees the request, starts sending the
file, then at random points, dies. I've tried two different servers, a
SparcClassic, and a PC both running Suse Linux, two different cables, even tried
booting the Ultra1 I want to do next, nothing helped. Any thoughts on why
it would randomly stop? tcpdump reports something about a port now
unreachable?
Finally, copied all
the CDs to an external hard drive, and tried to boot from that, also won't
work. Can I do this? If so, what do I need to do special or what
file do I tell it to boot from? The CDs were copied to a Ext2fs partition
on a drive connected to a SparcClassic, from all of the CDs. Any
suggestions/help?
Quick details on the
machine, its headless, and I'm doing all of this through a serial port, it has
two SBUS network cards, one of which appears to possibly have issues.
(Internal loopback test never returned) However, the other one appears to
work fine, which is the one I was using to do the network boot from. Its
got 160M of RAM and 4 gig hard drive in it, so space isn't an
issue.
Please help!!!
I'm losing my mind!
Bob SchaeferProQuest Automotive
a subsidiary of
ProQuest Business Solutions
3900 Kinross Lakes Parkway
Richfield, OH
44286
Phone: 330-659-1842
work: robert.schaefer@pbs.proquest.com
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