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appetitus Apprentice
Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 210
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 5:53 pm Post subject: Making a Sparc boot floppy ? |
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The mkboot program that shows up in std sparc installs is useless, it needs lilo and makes an unreadable floppy (to the prom.."unable to find sun disklabel"). I've forgotten how I used to make boot floppys from about 5 years ago.
Got a HOWTO (for Sparc!) or a package ?? _________________ Being a Gentoo user means living in a house inhabited by a family of crazed carpenters. When you wake up, the house is different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved, or perhaps someone has removed the floor under your bed. |
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Most sparcs can't boot from a floppy. There's a rather fun OBP bug that makes it impossible on any semi-non-ancient box. |
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appetitus Apprentice
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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You must mean new sparcs, all my sparcs have been thru floppy boot many times....I just have forgotten the technique, apparently nowdays no one learns it.
In any case, SPARC Gentoo should drop the useless mkboot amongst others... _________________ Being a Gentoo user means living in a house inhabited by a family of crazed carpenters. When you wake up, the house is different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved, or perhaps someone has removed the floor under your bed. |
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appetitus Apprentice
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 12:31 am Post subject: |
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The technique in the silo man page works and all parts are available via portage. _________________ Being a Gentoo user means living in a house inhabited by a family of crazed carpenters. When you wake up, the house is different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved, or perhaps someone has removed the floor under your bed. |
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