Trying to install on Sparc
Sparcstation 2 ROM rev 2.0, 2nd hand, 2 disks & no root PW.
I downloaded from
ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc
/current/sun4cdm/images-1.44
First try: downloaded rescue.bin and
rawrite2 (from /debian/tools) to a PC, unpacked rawrite,
ran
rawrite2 rescue.bin A:
no visible error. Put the disk into the sparc,
did
b floppy
and got the error:
boot device /fd file & args vmunix
cant read disk label
cant open Sun disk label package
cant open boot device
2nd try: tftp
Downloaded tftpboot.img into another machine's /tftpboot
setup symbolic links pointing to that file, put data into
/etc/ethers & /etc/hosts rebuilt the NIS , did
boot net
and got
file and args: vmunix
receive failed
file just loaded not executable
but I suspect this is a deceptive message, I saw no sign
that anything got downloaded. Unfortunately the tftpd
on the server (an old sun3/60 ) seems to have no provision
to log.
Please any advice?
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