Re: Trouble installing on an dual-168MHz Ultra2
Joshua Uziel wrote: * Will Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010209 14:48]: I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato. However, none of the floppies that I obtained from ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/... will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction" and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions given by README.txt in the directory above. Most UltraSPARCs have a PROM bug that prevent them from booting from floppy. You therefore have 2 _other_ good choices: 1) Boot from CD 2) Boot over the network Or, upgrade our OBP to the latest revision. Look at sunsolve.sun.com for updates. Regards Martin
Re: Trouble installing on an dual-168MHz Ultra2
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 05:47:32PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > Hi! > > I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the > Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato. > However, none of the floppies that I obtained from > ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/... > will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction" > and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions > given by README.txt in the directory above. > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. :) Did you use the sun4u disks? Don't use a floppy boot on Ultra's. They tend not to work very well. Try tftp boot (using the tftp image in the sun4u directory), or try a CD boot using the ISO images on ftp://cdimage.debian.org/ -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: Trouble installing on an dual-168MHz Ultra2
* Will Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010209 14:48]: > I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the > Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato. > However, none of the floppies that I obtained from > ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/... > will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction" > and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions > given by README.txt in the directory above. Most UltraSPARCs have a PROM bug that prevent them from booting from floppy. You therefore have 2 _other_ good choices: 1) Boot from CD 2) Boot over the network
Trouble installing on an dual-168MHz Ultra2
Hi! I am attempting to do an ftp install using floppies. Currently the Ultra2 has Solaris installed; I am trying to install Debian 2.2 potato. However, none of the floppies that I obtained from ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/... will boot. rescue.bin gives me something like "SILInvalidInstruction" and the others are "Bad magic number". I followed the instructions given by README.txt in the directory above. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. :) -- wca pgpIDV1urrMfO.pgp Description: PGP signature
