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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-07-26 00:36:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-07-26 00:36:32 +0000 |
| commit | 7afb7da18c66015e9f428dd67f75b16cb6aeb91f (patch) | |
| tree | 9c550e6ac492b31bcee8634046a031f7b8617017 /en/boot-installer/sparc.xml | |
| parent | aca504b3950c525b8e61dde1445623174dd47f65 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-7afb7da18c66015e9f428dd67f75b16cb6aeb91f.zip | |
* Support for sparc32 has been discontinued for Lenny. This also means that
booting from floppy is no longer supported for sparc.
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diff --git a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml index 4a82c9647..a0f0fd508 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml @@ -32,52 +32,6 @@ command which is simply an alias to boot from the SCSI device on ID 6 </para> </sect2> - - <sect2 arch="sparc" condition="supports-floppy-boot"> - <title>Booting from Floppies</title> -<para> - -Floppy images are currently only available for sparc32, but, for technical -reasons, not for official releases. (The reason is that they can only be -built as root, which is not supported by our build daemons.) -Look under <quote>daily built images</quote> on the -<ulink url="&url-d-i;">Debian Installer project website</ulink> for links -to floppy images for sparc32. - -</para><para> - -To boot from floppy on a Sparc, use - -<informalexample><screen> -Stop-A -> OpenBoot: "boot floppy" -</screen></informalexample> - -Be warned that the newer Sun4u (ultra) architecture does not support -floppy booting. A typical error message is <computeroutput>Bad magic -number in disk label - Can't open disk label package</computeroutput>. - -</para><para> - -Several Sparcs (e.g. Ultra 10) have an OBP bug that prevents them from -booting (instead of not supporting booting at all). The appropriate -OBP update can be downloaded as product ID 106121 from -<ulink url="http://sunsolve.sun.com"></ulink>. - -</para><para> - -If you are booting from the floppy, and you see messages such as - -<informalexample><screen> -Fatal error: Cannot read partition -Illegal or malformed device name -</screen></informalexample> - -then it is possible that floppy booting is simply not supported on -your machine. - -</para> - </sect2> - <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>IDPROM Messages</title> <para> |