Re: Net install of woody fails on SparcStation IPX (sun4c)

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Ben Stanley wrote:

> When I turn on the sparcstation, I am at first confronted by invalid
> nvram contents. This is fixed using techniques outlined by [5]. (BTW,
> I'm interested in a place to get a new clock chip cheap in .au. I've
> been quoted the order of AU$60.) Then I do a
> ok boot net
> SPARCstation IPX, Type 4 Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.4, 48 MB memory installed, Serial #847320.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:c:ed:d8, Host ID: 570cedd8.
> Rebooting with command: net
> Boot device: /sbus/le@0,c00000   File and args:
> 307c00                          <-- packet counter - takes a few minutes
> Booting Linux...
>
> and at that point the machine stops. No friendly penguin icon. No kernel
> boot messages. I am not able to reset the machine using shift-stop-a. I
> am forced to power cycle.

Right, I recall someone else reporting that sun4c appears just to hang 
when netbooted using woody installation images. Unfortunately, I don't 
have any sun4c hardware and no clue on why it happens. I would say that 
the best option for you is to get/borrow an external SCSI CD-ROM drive.

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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