Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:07:34 -0500 From: "Brett D. Estrade" <estrabd@mailcan.com> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation on SUN U10 Continued Message-ID: <1119528454.5225.237001000@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1119526083.7606.11.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> References: <1119526083.7606.11.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk>
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boot floppies to install from ftp? On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:28:04 +0000, "Robert Slade" <bsd@bathnetworks.com> said: > Hiya, > > I am still having problems with installing 5.3 on a SUN U10. I cannot > install from the CDs, bit 5.4 and 5.3. I get a short read - file does > not appear to be executable error. I have tied it with CD's I have burnt > and ones from a supplier. Following a suggestion, I have also burn the > iso images onto high grade CDs, this still did not work - same error. > The U10 does have Solaris 9 installed and this can read the CD and all > appears to be correct. > > I have tried charging the CDROM on the U10, but it refuses to recognise > the replacement CDROM as being there. Thishappens with 2 different > CDROMs not sure why this is. I've tried reset-all but this does not make > any difference. Any suggestions? > > I can get the boot only iso to boot. However, whilst this allows me into > the FreeBSD OS on the CD and start sysinstall, I cannot delete the > Solaris slices, so I cannot setup the disk to install FreeBSD via FTP. > Is there any way round this? > > Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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