Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 08:07:03 +0200 From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> Message-ID: <20010507080703.C17317@suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] HELP>>>>>>.
On Sun, May 06, CA wrote:
> First off, I'm new to Linux, but I know unix. I'm trying
> to load suse 7.1 on a sparc10 (after several tries with
> other flavors). I downloaded the first cd, burned it and
> did a boot cdrom, I get error messages stating bad
> magic,label..blah blah blah, so I downloaded the boot
> image, used rawrite to create a floppy,it loaded and
> now it's asking for a root disk ?? I thought the cd was
> the answer to my prayers ,so my question is what is the
> best way to load this ?
The SPARC kernel and initrd is to big to fit on one disk.
You need the updated bootdisk from ftp.suse.com and the root disk
from the disks directory on CD for booting. If you let the CD into
the CDROM, the installation will be startet from CD. You only need
to reboot after the installation is finished to boot the correct
kernel.
Thorsten
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