On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:25:57PM -0400, Aravind Vinnakota wrote: > Hi all! > I just started using Debian. I am trying to install debian on Sun Ultra > 5 machine. I tried 3 different ways to install it but could'nt: > > 1) I downloaded the CD images. I tried to burn it on CDs but the images > seem to be larger than the CD size. So, I could'nt burn the CDs. > > 2) Then I downloaded just the minimal CD image and burnt it on a CD. Then > I inserted the CD into the CDROM drive and used the command $> boot cdrom > to boot from the CD, but I am getting the error "Bad magic number on disk > label". So, I could'nt boot from the CDROM > > 3) Then I downloaded the floppy image (rescue.bin and driver-1.bin) and > tried to copy them onto floppies. But again the same space > problem. The files are larger than the floppy disk size. Also from the > documentation, I could understand that we cant boot from floppy drive in > case of Ultra sparcs. Any suggestions? I think many of you were able to > burn it onto CDs and floppies?
You wont be able to boot an Ultra5 using floppy. The OBP is buggy. Try these images: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/ This will install woody. You'll have to read the docs on netbooting (pretty easy). -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
