> On Aug 15, Ben Collins illuminated with a virtual scribe : > It shouldn't need to do that. You specify the boot disk location > explicitly like: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/ > That is the default. What did you put in? > the installer asked for `where the debian archive resides', I replied with /instmnt (nfs mount of our local mirror) and it then proceeded to search for files. I did not get an opportunity to choose between `list all available` or 'manual' selection. I tried putting the full path to the 'current' boot-disks but the installer would not accept it.
> BTW, thanks for the sun4m report. I hadn't heard anything about them in > awhile and was wondering whether they even worked :) > anytime. I've an ELC and an ultra5 to check it on too. I'll let you know how they go RSN. /jp... -- Jean-Paul Blaquière || Avatar of Computational [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Thaumaturgy Democracy is based on the premise that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something? -- Lazarus Long