Problem with SILO on 1.09 install in Usparc5

Problem with SILO on 1.09 install in Usparc5

[Phil Marsden]

Hi!

I am still having trouble installing ultrapenguin on an ultrasparc 5.
Hoping someone/anyone can help.

We are getting the same fatal error in determining what second stage
device is or something.

Please help or we will be forced to use solaris!

Cheers,

Phil.

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Phil Marsden 
Optoelectronic Research Centre
University of Southampton
U.K.

Re: Problem with SILO on 1.09 install in Usparc5

[Jakub Jelinek]

> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am still having trouble installing ultrapenguin on an ultrasparc 5.
> Hoping someone/anyone can help.
> 
> We are getting the same fatal error in determining what second stage
> device is or something.
> 
> Please help or we will be forced to use solaris!

Try SILO 0.7.3-2
(ftp://ultra.linux.cz/OS/Linux/Sparc/local/silo/testing/silo-pre0.7.3-2.tgz).
I hope it helps. Even if the right SILO is not in the install image, you can
just install everything, then reboot and boot with
boot net root=/dev/XXXX noinitrd
Then install the new SILO and reboot your machine to see if it works.
Until sun4c problems are debugged, I cannot release 0.7.3 and thus cannot
put it into the install image.

Cheers,
    Jakub
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