Hi. I got hold of a couple of Sparc Classic X's which I've converted to "Classic"s by modifying the contents of the NVRAM. Now I can boot from a CDROM.
I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 onto a SCSI HDD I've procured. I have the following setup: One machine has 24Mb RAM, the other 48Mb RAM The CDROM is external (an old Appple 1x - set to ID 6) The HDD is an internal Seagate 1Gb set to ID3 (I've tried others) - what's on this already is anyone's guess. Here's the problem - when I try: > boot cdrom I get the CDROM booting which comes up with boot screen and I type in <ENTER> to install the OS (load & uncompress RAM DISK). The ramdisk is loaded and the machine is identified. It finds the SCSI port and identifies the CDROM then the HDD, but immmediately after that point in the boot sequence I get: ESP0: Disconnect, resetting bus ESP0: Resetting SCSI bus ESP0: SCSI bus reset interrupt ESP0: SCSI bus reset interrupt <this repeats ad nauseum> For all intents and purposes the boot sequence has hung. This also happens without the HDD on the SCSI bus, and I don't have another CDROM to try out. It doesn't seem to matter whether I use a terminator, and where I put it (before or after the CDROM) any ideas on how to overcome this problem? cheers Jonathan Pratt
