Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-27 Thread Everard Brown
provides plenty more detail on this ! > > hope this helps > > Andy > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Everard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ins

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Egan (Home)
- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Everard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem > Hi > > > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn "boot > > net"

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-26 Thread alex
Hi > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn "boot > net", > as a default, off. > you can do that in openboot (STOP-A), type help to get a list of commands. from there you can change the defaults using set best regards, Alex Bartok

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
On Monday 26 Apr 2004 1:37 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 18:39, Everard Brown wrote: > > That sounds a very likely cause of my problem, but when I try to > > create the Sun disk label ('s' option in fdisk) that is always the > > default. > > > > Can anyone suggest how I might acheive a p

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Patrick Finnegan
On Sunday 25 April 2004 18:39, Everard Brown wrote: > That sounds a very likely cause of my problem, but when I try to > create the Sun disk label ('s' option in fdisk) that is always the > default. > > Can anyone suggest how I might acheive a partitioning scheme which > would be acceptable to the

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi Pat, Thanks for the quick reply ;-) On Monday 26 Apr 2004 12:05 am, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 16:37, Everard Brown wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't > > boot from the hard disk. > > > > System: SPARCstation 20 >

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Patrick Finnegan
On Sunday 25 April 2004 16:37, Everard Brown wrote: > Hi All, > > I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't > boot from the hard disk. > > System: SPARCstation 20 > 32Mb RAM > No floopy or CDROM drive > > Issues that make me suspicious include: > > o I used t

[newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi All, I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't boot from the hard disk. System: SPARCstation 20 32Mb RAM No floopy or CDROM drive Issues that make me suspicious include: o I used the 's' parameter in fdisk to partition this disk. This gave me: sda1

Re: Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread Karl Hammar
Consulting --- From: "William F. Gannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Install Boot Problem Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:25:34 -0500 (EST) > you should choose I not s > as it is IDE on an Ultra 5 > > On T

Re: Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread William F. Gannon
you should choose I not s as it is IDE on an Ultra 5 On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Chris Samaritoni wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Debian 2.2rev2 on an Ultra 5 workstation. I already > have Redhat 6.2 working on it, but wanted to try Debian. When booting from > the cdrom after I choose "s", i

Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread Chris Samaritoni
Hello, I'm trying to install Debian 2.2rev2 on an Ultra 5 workstation. I already have Redhat 6.2 working on it, but wanted to try Debian. When booting from the cdrom after I choose "s", it starts to boot up, but then runs into the following error: request_module[block-major-11]: Root fs not