[Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10

[Mark Hildabrand]

jer --

I have a feeling I mucked up the download.  I used jigdo for the first time 
and ended up with a 596M iso file which I burned to a CD (double-clicked on 
the file and it wrote itself to the CD).
On the Sparc, I did a Stop-a, then boot cdrom.  At the next prompt, I should 
just have to hit enter to load the OS, but that's when I get the can't find 
sparc64 error.  If I type rescue Linux loads, but once I've used fdisk to 
create a sunlabel partition I'm pretty much stuck, because the install 
process stops at that point.

I don't see a /boot on the CD (BTW--I'm really new to all this Linux stuff 
and using Sun H/W isn't helping--it's sort of like the first time I ever sat 
in front of a PC), so I'm not even sure I have all the S/W I need on the 
disk.

Mark


>From: Jer_57 <jer_57@cox.net>
>Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
>To: tfug@tfug.org
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:47:20 -0400
>
>I haven't done a debian install in a long time, but a Sparc10 is only 
>32bit, not 64!  Are there different images for 64 vs 32bit machines?
>
>jer
>
> >
> > From: "Mark Hildabrand" <azwxman@msn.com>
> > Date: 2002/09/27 Fri PM 04:22:41 EDT
> > To: tfug@tfug.org
> > Subject: [Tfug] Loading Linux on Sparc 10
> >
> >
> > Ok, I've booted from the CD, but when I attempt to install Linux, I get 
>a
> > message saying the system can't find /boot/sparc64.iso
> >
> > I'm currently running jigdo again and having it compare the CD I created
> > against the files available on the mirror site--in case I missed a file 
>the
> > first time.
> >
> > Anything else I might try?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> >
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