Re: Linux on SPARC

On Aug 11, 7:12 am, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Prior to installing Slackware, I had tried Debian...
but halfway through the installation it could no longer find the cd from
which I was installing it.
The helpful message was "check to see if a cd is in the device" LOL

Hmm... have you tried doing a netboot, i.e., "boot net:dhcp" at the
boot prompt? This may not be possible on the Sparc 5. It's possible
on the Ultra II and newer, with updated EEPROM. You have to get the
latest flash updates if you want to do this.

DMM
.

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