CD-ROM install problems on SPARCstation 5
Good Afternoon: I'm continuously getting hung-up in the middle of an install from a Debian GNU Linux CDROM on a SPARCstation 5. During the 'Install Operating System Kernel and Modules', 'Select Debian Archive path' part of the install, it cannot find the directory which contains the file 'sun4cdm/images-1.44j/rescue.bin'. If this is not the proper list for questions/help of this sort would you please direct me to a better forum? Thank you very much. - Mark Mohrmann Video Broadcast Technician Lyndon State College Lyndonville, Vt. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD-ROM install problems on SPARCstation 5
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:08:40PM -0400, Mark Mohrmann wrote: Good Afternoon: I'm continuously getting hung-up in the middle of an install from a Debian GNU Linux CDROM on a SPARCstation 5. During the 'Install Operating System Kernel and Modules', 'Select Debian Archive path' part of the install, it cannot find the directory which contains the file 'sun4cdm/images-1.44j/rescue.bin'. If this is not the proper list for questions/help of this sort would you please direct me to a better forum? Is that 'j' in that path a typo or does it really say that? The CD install should automatically do all this. You should have to tell it these things. Are you booting from the CD, or from floppy and using a CD for the packages? Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: installation difficulties
Daniel Freedman wrote: Thanks for the suggestions, but I still haven't been able to make it work. I now partition my 2.1 GB drive as follows: /dev/sda1: 50 MBmounted as /boot /dev/sda2: ~1500 MBmounted as / /dev/sda3: special Sun Disk Image (type 5) /dev/sda4: 512 MBLinux Swap (machine has 256 MB RAM) Rebooting with command: disk1 Boot device:/iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],840/[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 File and args: SILO boot:I type: linux Cannot find /vmlinuz (Unknown ext2 error) Image not found try again It still could be the known problem with older PROMs that Joshua described. The SILO configuration file should also be below 1GB. What happens if you do `cat /etc/silo.conf` from the SILO prompt, or when you try the following from that prompt: boot: 1/vmlinuz-2.2.17-cdm If this boots, you might want to copy /etc/silo.conf to /boot, and create a symbolic link from /etc to /boot/silo.conf so that your system can find it. Pieter
Parallax Graphics Frame Buffer
Does anyone know if there is a Parallax Graphics Xserver in the works or drivers being developed for the linux kernel?
Re: installation difficulties
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:27:25PM +0200, Pieter Krul wrote: Daniel Freedman wrote: Thanks for the suggestions, but I still haven't been able to make it work. I now partition my 2.1 GB drive as follows: /dev/sda1: 50 MBmounted as /boot /dev/sda2: ~1500 MBmounted as / /dev/sda3: special Sun Disk Image (type 5) /dev/sda4: 512 MBLinux Swap (machine has 256 MB RAM) Rebooting with command: disk1 Boot device:/iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],840/[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 File and args: SILO boot:I type: linux Cannot find /vmlinuz (Unknown ext2 error) Image not found try again It still could be the known problem with older PROMs that Joshua described. The SILO configuration file should also be below 1GB. What happens if you do `cat /etc/silo.conf` from the SILO prompt, or when you try the following from that prompt: boot: 1/vmlinuz-2.2.17-cdm Also try ls at the silo prompt and see if it's there. More than likely this is caused by boot being on a seperate partition. Might want to redo that installation without the extra /boot (try a 500Meg /, 1G /usr and 512Meg swap). If this boots, you might want to copy /etc/silo.conf to /boot, and create a symbolic link from /etc to /boot/silo.conf so that your system can find it. Needs more than this, have to create a symlink from /boot/etc to . (unless you reinstall SILO with some extra params). -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: Parallax Graphics Frame Buffer
* Antonio Musumeci [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001017 14:04]: Does anyone know if there is a Parallax Graphics Xserver in the works or drivers being developed for the linux kernel? I don't think so, no... and for it to happen it would require a) someone with a desire to have it working and b) someone with that card and c) for them to have documentation on the card and d) then to want it badly enough to want to take the time and give the effort to do it. If you know someone who fits that qualification, then they have my blessings. ;)
