To my knowledge booting of a floppy is not supported in the 'Ultra' series of Sparc computers. So, probably you have to bypass that option.
=============================================================================== John Kerr Anderson Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 =============================================================================== On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Mario Zuppini wrote: > People's, > > Spanky new ultra sparc 5 sitting next to me, and trying to install > debian on it, it wont let me create boot disk during the installation > process, when it asks to enter a floppy to create, i do which results > in the immediate message of > "your disk is either write protected or not inserted in the first > floppy drive, please insert in first floppy" > > there is only one floppy drive in there, and the disk isnt write > protected, this happens upon any disk i use. > > If however i select the option to bypass and reboot the system to > continue installation, it reboots and is looking for the floppy and > wont boot off the harddisk ? > > Has anyone had any similar or know how to fix my troubles that I have > had trying to install debian on the ultra 5 sparc ?? > > Helpppppppppp > >
