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Re: SparcStation 2 Problems



On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:13:07PM -0700, Curtis Hawthorne wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to do a headless install of the Potato
> version of Debian on my SparcStation 2.  I am using
> the TFTP boot images from
> ftp://marcus.debian.net/pub/debian/disks-sparc/2.2.10-2000-03-31/sun4cdm/.
> 
> When it starts up, I type b net and get the following:
> 
> screen not found.
> Can't open input device.
> SPARCstation 2, No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.4.1, 32 MB memory installed, Serial
> #4317598.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:10:75:65, Host ID: 5541e19e.
> 
> 
> Rebooting with command:  net
> Boot device: /sbus/le@0,c00000   File and args: 
> 207a00 
> TILO
> Booting Linux...
> 
> And then it freezes.  Any ideas as to why this happens
> and how to fix it?

Not sure, try using the sun4cdm/linux-a.out and the root.tar.gz (from an
NFS export) to boot the system with:

boot net ip=<your_ip> nfsroot=<nfs_server_ip>:<path_to_root>

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