Ross Camm wrote:
i have been attempting a debian install via tftp and cdrom on a sparcstation 5/170 turbosparc with 128 meg ram without luck for a few weeks.... as soon as the ramdisk is loaded hardware resets. i can boot openbsd and solaris fine. does anyone have this model runnign debian and if so what cdrom/tftpboot.img did you use and any special tricks ?? or is it a lost cause ?
I installed Debian woody on my SPARCStation 5/170 and then upgraded it to sarge with no problems. I did the typical rarp/tftp/net install using the following tftpboot image: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4cdm/tftpboot.img It's been several months now, so the details escape me, but I don't recall having to jump through any special hoops for the SS5. In fact, I had an easier time installing Debian on it than an SS20. Can you provide more detailed information on what's going wrong? - David A. Riggs <riggs at csee dot wvu dot edu>