Re: Debian Linux on Sun UltraSparc IIi
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:46:44PM +0100, Wilson Yau wrote:
> Hi! need your help again!
>
> Floppy installation of Debian was almost successfully finished, but the
> SUN box was not able to boot directly from the hard disk to continue the
> second part of installation.
>
> I have consulted the docs "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC"
> and "OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual" and tried commands like
> 'boot disk', 'boot disk1', 'boot disk1:a', etc, but they all not worked
> for me 8-(
Do you remember the device name you used under the installation (something
like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1) for the root filesystem? If so, do this:
ok> boot floppy root=/dev/sda1
Using the device you used in the installation.
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