Thanks for this bit of instructions. It worked great. Walt
On Thursday November 18 2004 5:16 pm, Steve Pacenka wrote: > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 13:56, Walt L. Williams wrote: > > Greetings > > > > This may be a little off topic. I just tried to install Sarge "testing" > > for Sparc which I downloaded just last on an Ultra2. I was able to > > boot from the CD but afterwards it (strangely) could not find > > the CDROM drive which it booted from and therefore would not > > install. I didn't know who else to report this to so I posted it here. > > Could someone please let the appropriate individuals know. > > This exact problem has been discussed recently in this list, and a > related repair to the Sarge installer is in progress. The problem is > that the installer did not autodetect the Ultra 2's SCSI controller and > did not load its kernel module, so the SCSI CD-ROM drive (and also any > SCSI hard drives) are inaccessible. > > Temporary workaround, at point when you have the "can't find CD-ROM > screen": > > ctrl-alt-f2 to get to a console > > modprobe esp > modprobe sr_mod > > ctrl-alt-f1 > > retry to find the CD-ROM drive > > After this workaround, I was able to do a clean Sarge install on an > Ultra 2 SMP box. > > -- SP > > > Walt Williams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
