On 8/31/25 07:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Dennis,
On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 07:45 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
However eventually the GRUB just dies with no clue what to do.
My suggestion would be to install using the netboot installer in Wheezy:
https://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-sparc/current/images/netboot/
Is there an archive mirror somewhere ?
┌────────────┤ [!!] Choose a mirror of the Debian archive
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│ Please check the specified mirror or try a different one.
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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
