On 8/31/25 07:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Dennis, On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 07:45 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:However eventually the GRUB just dies with no clue what to do.My suggestion would be to install using the netboot installer in Wheezy: https://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-sparc/current/images/netboot/
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