Re: Unable to boot Debian Squeeze on Sun Blade 1500 Silver

[Frans van Berckel <fberckel@xs4all.nl>]

On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 12:24 +0530, Rigved Rakshit wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have successfully installed Debian Squeeze on a Sun Blade 1500
> Silver machine. But when I try to boot it from OpenBoot using the
> "boot" command, it does not boot. I have tried to run the recovery
> mode of the Debian Squeeze CD too, but to avail.
> 
> Can anyone help me regarding this? I do not have any prior experience
> with UltraSPARC machines.

Are you running Linux only? Did installing the SILO bootloader went
well? Does that show up? Any error? Is the hard-drive fit in slot 0? Are
you able to boot the Debian Squeeze CD and go into the installed chroot?

Thanks,


Frans van Berckel