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Re: Installation prompt does not appear during netboot install



On Friday 11 May 2007 17:06, H C Pumphrey wrote:
> Frans Pop wrote:
> > On Friday 11 May 2007 11:48, Pravin Jeeanah wrote:
> >> I am trying to netboot an etch install on a sparc
> >> ultra1. When I issue the boot net command at the OBP
> >> prompt the system downloads the install kernel and
> >> boot directly after the message ...remapping kernel.
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch05s03.html.en#sparc-boot-
> >problems
>
> This link talks about having two cards. But on some hardware (SunBlade
> 100 for example) you need it even if you have only one card, because
> the ATI framebuffer code the kernel locks up hard.

Ah, I was not aware of that. Could someone who's experienced the issue 
propose an updated text that covers that?

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