Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-05-07 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Steve Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd recommend trying tftp booting first. There are some instructions at: http://www.cse.msu.edu/~dunham/debian/sparc/install.html FYI, I've just done a quick review of this material, and there's really not anything there which is not in the official

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-27 Thread Christopher Reid Palmer
First, thanks much! to all who offered suggestions for me and my ELC. Here is a status report: 1. I tried once again to boot from CD-ROM, only this time using a proper Sun CD-ROM drive. Same error ('Data Access Exception'). Oh well. 2. I found the diskless workstation install instructions on the

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-24 Thread Steve Dunham
Christopher Reid Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Dunham wrote: [snip death on loading the initrd from CD) Should be fine if it loaded the kernel without problem. (It hasn't actually started the kernel, has it?) This is what I get: 1. Welcome message and boot prompt 2.

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-24 Thread Maciej Matysiak
Christopher Reid Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I try to boot my SPARCstation ELC with the first CD, it gets as far as initializing the RAM disk, at which point it fails with a 'Data Access Exception', and I get put back to the PROM prompt. i have the same error on my sun ipc and

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-24 Thread Eric Delaunay
Steve Dunham wrote: Christopher Reid Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If all else fails you could try booting from the network and then use the CD. But it would still need to load the RAM disk image from the CD-ROM, and that's what fails. Ultimately, this will be a net-booting machine

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-24 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On 24 Apr 1999, Maciej Matysiak wrote: Christopher Reid Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I try to boot my SPARCstation ELC with the first CD, it gets as far as initializing the RAM disk, at which point it fails with a 'Data Access Exception', and I get put back to the PROM

Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-23 Thread Christopher Reid Palmer
Hello. I hope this is the correct list for this question, and that it is not a FAQ. If it is, please point me to the proper spot in the archives. I have 2.1 SPARC binary distribution CDs, made by downloading the CD images and then burning them onto CD. I'm fairly certain this was done properly.

Re: Boot from CD is a no-go

1999-04-23 Thread Christopher Reid Palmer
Steve Dunham wrote: [snip death on loading the initrd from CD) Should be fine if it loaded the kernel without problem. (It hasn't actually started the kernel, has it?) This is what I get: 1. Welcome message and boot prompt 2. Loading kernel... [spinning cursor] 3. Loading initial RAM disk...