Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:50:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathan Riddell <jr050@students.stir.ac.uk> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10012120148050.21600-100000@gromit.students.stir.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Trouble installing Suse7.0 on Sun Sparc IPC4
> my name is Helge and I recently got a Sparc IPC4. For I run Suse-Linux on my PC-Systems, I was glad to see Suse providing a Sparc-distribution, too.
> Though I am not a newbie in Linux and Unix, I have really no idea how getting this OS installed.
> Do I need floppy-disks or is the CD bootable (booting with boot sd(0,4,0) brings an "Bad magic file number"-error on the screen, while cdrom starts spinning).
> Is there anywhere out there a step-by-step-installation-guide ( I am quite sure I am not the first user with those problems) or a list-member who can help a sparc-newbie?
> Every help is welcome, because I did not find the Suse-Manual helpful at all, documents seem to be taken without changes from Suse-Linux 6.2 - for PC-Systems ;-)
A good faq is at http://www.ultralinux.org which has some installation
steps.
It seems booting off a floppy is not recommended but you could always boot
over a network with your PC using rarp (ultralinux.org has details)
Jonathan Riddell
jr@jriddell.org
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