Re: SPARC64 Install (Woody)
This happened to me, too. I think what I did was enter rescue, and hit enter. It went ahead and installed anyway! Doc Sewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Collins wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:24:03PM -0400, Gehring, Andrew x66132 wrote: While trying to install woody on a ultra sparc I get the error that sparc64.gz isn't found. Which it isn't because it is named just sparc64. So I can get it to boot by entering /boot/sparc64 at the boot: prompt, but then I get an error about no root. I would make/fix a bootable floppy, but my system doesn't have one, nor do I have a network system to boot/install from. What should the root= be set to when booting off of CDROM? try this: linux image=/boot/sparc64 If thar doesn't work, you'll need to add an initrd option, which I can't recall the full path to the file on the CD drive. Probably something like this: /boot/sparc64 initrd=/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin
RE: SPARC64 Install (Woody)
Title: RE: SPARC64 Install (Woody) That got it to boot,Thank you. But it stalls when I get to the kernel installation now... Ideas? Andrew -Original Message- From: Ben Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:01 PM To: Gehring, Andrew x66132 Cc: 'debian-sparc@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: SPARC64 Install (Woody) On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:24:03PM -0400, Gehring, Andrew x66132 wrote: While trying to install woody on a ultra sparc I get the error that sparc64.gz isn't found. Which it isn't because it is named just sparc64. So I can get it to boot by entering /boot/sparc64 at the boot: prompt, but then I get an error about no root. I would make/fix a bootable floppy, but my system doesn't have one, nor do I have a network system to boot/install from. What should the root= be set to when booting off of CDROM? try this: linux image=/boot/sparc64 If thar doesn't work, you'll need to add an initrd option, which I can't recall the full path to the file on the CD drive. Probably something like this: /boot/sparc64 initrd=/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: SPARC64 Install (Woody)
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:07:13AM -0400, Gehring, Andrew x66132 wrote: That got it to boot,Thank you. But it stalls when I get to the kernel installation now... Stalls? At what point does it stall, and what happens when it does? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
SPARC64 Install (Woody)
Title: SPARC64 Install (Woody) While trying to install woody on a ultra sparc I get the error that sparc64.gz isn't found. Which it isn't because it is named just sparc64. So I can get it to boot by entering /boot/sparc64 at the boot: prompt, but then I get an error about no root. I would make/fix a bootable floppy, but my system doesn't have one, nor do I have a network system to boot/install from. What should the root= be set to when booting off of CDROM? Thanks, Andrew
Re: SPARC64 Install (Woody)
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:24:03PM -0400, Gehring, Andrew x66132 wrote: While trying to install woody on a ultra sparc I get the error that sparc64.gz isn't found. Which it isn't because it is named just sparc64. So I can get it to boot by entering /boot/sparc64 at the boot: prompt, but then I get an error about no root. I would make/fix a bootable floppy, but my system doesn't have one, nor do I have a network system to boot/install from. What should the root= be set to when booting off of CDROM? try this: linux image=/boot/sparc64 If thar doesn't work, you'll need to add an initrd option, which I can't recall the full path to the file on the CD drive. Probably something like this: /boot/sparc64 initrd=/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
