You may need to boot up off a Sun CD and run format. At least this is a problem I have seen installing Sun Solaris on new or non-Sun disks.
John O'Connor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Kiczerjak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:54 AM Subject: install prob MAGIC NUMBER WRONG > Hi list, > i want to install woody on a sparc station. > i have used the s key in fsdisk to create a Sun disk label, but > unfortunately the machine hangs at boottime with following error > message: > BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG > > if have tried all block-numbers i have got from: > #newfs -N /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s1 > with: > #fsck -F ufs -o b=[block-number] /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s1 > without success. > > every suggestion will be appreciated > > regards > stefan > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >