Re: boot disks joy

2001-08-15 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
> On Aug 16, Jp illuminated with a virtual scribe : > > On Aug 15, Ben Collins illuminated with a virtual scribe : > > > It shouldn't need to do that. You specify the boot disk location > > explicitly like: > > ahh ignore me. my enter key autorepeats on the odd occasion. i got it happening

Re: boot disks joy

2001-08-15 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
> On Aug 15, Ben Collins illuminated with a virtual scribe : > It shouldn't need to do that. You specify the boot disk location > explicitly like: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/ > That is the default. What did you put in? > the installer asked for `wh

RE: boot disks joy

2001-08-15 Thread Peter M. Lemmen
Hiya! I just installed Debian on an old Sparcstation 4... Is that a sun4m? Regards, Peter. > -Original Message- > From: Ben Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben Collins > Sent: woensdag 15 augustus 2001 19:59 > To: Jean-Paul Blaquiere; Sparc Debian > Subject:

Re: boot disks joy

2001-08-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 01:07:49AM +0800, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote: > just installed the woody set on my classic (sun4m) it worked like a charm. > *bounce* Kudos to all. > only thing I'd request is the ability to select manual files location ala > potato so we don't have to wait for the installe

boot disks joy

2001-08-15 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
just installed the woody set on my classic (sun4m) it worked like a charm. *bounce* Kudos to all. only thing I'd request is the ability to select manual files location ala potato so we don't have to wait for the installer to traverse the entire debian archive searchin for rescue.bin /Jp...