On 8/31/25 08:02, Dennis Clarke wrote:
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/
I think there is a ports mirror somewhere but it has been years since I tried this :
┌────────────┤ [!!] Choose a mirror of the Debian archive ├─────────────┐ │ │ │ The specified (default) Debian version (wheezy) is not available from │ │ the selected mirror. It is possible to continue and select a │ │ different release for your installation, but normally you should go │ │ back and select a different mirror that does support the correct │ │ version. │ │ │ │ Go back and try a different mirror? │ │ │ │ <Go Back> <Yes> <No> │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-- -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken