Re: Debian in a Ultra 5
Quoting Steve Dunham <dunham@cps.msu.edu>:
> "Ivan E. Moore" <rkrusty@master.debian.org> writes:
> > I had issues installing from floppy on my ultra 5 as well...but I think
> > it has something to do with how they have things setup here at work.
>
> > I used the CD to install it and everything was happy.
>
> You can't boot floppies on an Ultra 5. (Rumor has it that it is
> possible on an Ultra1 with a PROM upgrade, but I haven't confirmed
> it.)
Just for the record, I don't know about the PROM upgrade but I was able
to install Debian from the floppy drive in an Ultra 1 (bought around
1997).
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Hermano Cabral
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