SS20 Install (success)

2001-02-01 Thread Jack Morgan
Just wanted to say thanks to Jean-Paul Blaquiere and Sean R. Lynch for helping. My problem was partition related. After I re-partioned to: /sda1/800MB /sda2Swap 128MB /sda3Whole Disk /sda4/home1050MB It worked fine. Good on you, Jack Morgan

Re: TFTP install -> SILO woes!

2001-01-30 Thread Jack Morgan
Thanks, I'll try tonight. --jack Feb 01, Jack Morgan scratched in indelible ink : > > > I just installed Potato onto a SS20, rebooted, then The PROM gave an > > error like "SILO buggy old PROM can't boot after 1GB", etc. This is my first > > Sparc,

Re: Net install: SS20

2001-01-30 Thread Jack Morgan
Thanks for all who replied. I finally got it working, was able to install, but had trouble with SILO (see other post) Thanks again, Jack Morgan

TFTP install -> SILO woes!

2001-01-30 Thread Jack Morgan
ux, but no luck. In fdisk, i choose automatic partioning: /dev/sda1linux /dev/sda2swap /dev/sda3whole disk label Sugestions? Jack Morgan

Net install: SS20

2001-01-27 Thread Jack Morgan
Having trouble installing via network. I've managed getting the package DHCP[1] up and running, and listening to my NIC. Now, trying to get my Sparc station 20 to boot from it has been difficult. From the "ok" prompt I enter the following producing these errors: boot net: lost carrier (transce

Sparc Classic -> Potato

2000-07-17 Thread Jack Morgan
I am knew to Sparc's so please excuse my simple question... I have an old Sparc Cassic. Can I install potato on it? TIA Jack