Sorry..obvious error in my last post, resulting from a cut-paste-mix of a grub2 iso-boot tutorial... "casper" should be "install"...or wherever the kernel and initrd reside in the iso.
linux (loop)/install/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash initrd (loop)/install/casper/initrd.gz Regards, Connor On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Stan, this looks promising and easy enough. > > Another method i found working, but not as convenient as the above, is > to install grub2 on another system with a working cdrom and then to > add an iso residing on an existing partition as menuenty in grub. > The only difference compared to x86/64 are the needed modules and the > adressing of the drive, like: > > menuentry "Debian ISO" { > set isofile="/path/to/file/name-of-iso-file-.iso" > insmod gzio > insmod part_sun > insmod <yourfilesystem_needed e.g. ext2/xfs> > > loopback loop (ieee1275/disk, sun1)$isofile > echo "Starting $isofile..." > linux (loop)/casper/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash > initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.gz > } > > Regards, > Connor > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:46 PM Stan Johnson <user...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > On 7/5/22 9:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > is there a sparc64 debian installer image available somewhere that i > > > could write with dd to a hdd/ssd and boot from it? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Connor > > > > > > > Hi Connor, > > > > As I recall, the last time I tried to install Debian SID from the Debian > > installer CD, it did not recognize my CD drive (despite having just > > booted the CD from that drive). So I copied the entire installation CD > > to a spare 1 GB disk (something like "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/sdb > > bs=64k"). I was then able to boot from that disk and proceeded to a full > > installation. My existing installation was Debian 7.8, which was able to > > recognize the CD drive. > > > > -Stan