Did you try 2.0.35 bootdisks or 2.2.1 ones ? The latter seems not to boot on my sparc2 too. About 2.0.35 bootdisks (resc1440.bin & drv1440.bin images) I got many read errors. It appears my floppy drive is very sensitive to floppy medium quality. I tried several floppies before finding one that successfully booted linux.
You could also try /fd;1/linux at the SILO prompt (or something like that; sorry I don't have a sparc handy to try it now). Regards. Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Anyone have a clue for this person trying to install with a SS2 ? > > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:36:26 +1000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Michael Sim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Debian slink for sparc boot problem > > I have a SS2 with a couple of internal hard disks, i went to boot the rescue > disk as specified in the howto's so i could install it, and recieved the > following message. > > ok boot floppy linux > Boot device: /fd File and args: linux > SILO > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Illegal or malformed device name > > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Fatal error: Unable to open filesystem > > > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Illegal or malformed device name > > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Fatal error: Cannot read partition > > Fatal error: Unable to open filesystem > > Image not found.... try again > boot: > > -- > .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)