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Re: install on Sun Blade 100



Anthony Townsend wrote:

hi all

i'm a pretty experienced x86 Debian user, though this is my first time installing a SPARC

here's where i'm at:

1) boot, Stop-A, ok
2) "boot cdrom"
3) SILO prompt
4) enter "linux"

at this point the kernel loads, ramdisk loads, and Debian installation begins with language, keyboard, country choice.

then we get to the CD-ROM hardware detection phase and the installed loads some drivers off the CDROM and then says

"Your installation CD-ROM couldn't be mounted. This probably means that the CD-ROM was not in the drive. Try again to mount the CD-ROM?"

Werid enough - thats the same CD-ROM that loaded the program that is telling me this. And at this point, the keyboard starts acting bizzare and pressing Enter or REturn just toggles the selection, but doesnt submit it.

Any ideas what's up? Seems extremely bizarre to me.


Hi,

I tried debian-sarge, gentoo, and freeBSD and they wouldn't install on my blade. They say debian-woody works though. I'm currenty using sarge on an ultra 5 machine, no install problems at all.

I've seen posts somewhere that suggest to employ a serial cable between an intel machine and the sunblade 100 and to use a program like mincom (on the intel) to get the install going on the on the blade. (I haven't tried this though) This seems like your surest bet.

Regards
Dale.

http://dale.orcon.net.nz



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