RE: tlug: Re: IPC Install

["Harada,Ken" <KEN.HARADA@example.com>]

Thanks for your advice, John.  I will try it tonight.

One question.  How can I get those PROM boot messages
after the linux is installed  (I presume the boot sequence will directly
fall into
linux boot)?

Ken Harada

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	gaijin@example.com [SMTP:gaijin@example.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 18, 1997 8:06 AM
> To:	tlug@example.com
> Subject:	tlug: Re: IPC Install
>    The CD-ROM drive you have is probably set up for the wrong number
>    of bytes/sector to be bootable from the Sun (which needs 512b/s).
>    You're on the right track with the floppy boot, though. Just make
> sure
>    you boot with the "serial" argument to let the system know you
>    don't have a monitor and keyboard. Something like:-
> 
> 		ok   boot floppy linux serial
> 
>    Should work (but make sure you have the 4.2 floppy image... there
> were
>    major problems with the older 4.0 & 4.1 release floppies).
> 
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