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diff --git a/eu/boot-installer/sparc.xml b/eu/boot-installer/sparc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 81549db6b..000000000 --- a/eu/boot-installer/sparc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 11648 untranslated --> - - <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Booting from NFS</title> -<para> - -To install the system via NFS, simply select -<userinput>NFS</userinput> for the location of the images and files -and follow the instructions provided. You will be prompted for the -<filename>server:/directory</filename> where the images are located. - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 arch="sparc" id="boot-tftp"><title>Booting with TFTP</title> - -&boot-installer-intro-net.xml; - -<para> - -On machines with OpenBoot, simply enter the boot monitor on the -machine which is being installed (see -<xref linkend="invoking-openboot"/>). -Use the command <userinput>boot net</userinput> to boot from a TFTP -and RARP server, or <userinput>boot net:dhcp</userinput> to boot from -a TFTP and DHCP server. Some older OpenBoot revisions require using -the device name, such as <userinput>boot le()</userinput>; these -probably don't support DHCP. - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Booting from a CD-ROM</title> - -&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml; - -<para> - -Most OpenBoot versions support the <userinput>boot cdrom</userinput> -command which is simply an alias to boot from the SCSI device on ID 6 -(or the secondary master for IDE based systems). You may have to use -the actual device name for older OpenBoot versions that don't support -this special command. Note that some problems have been reported on Sun4m -(e.g., Sparc 10s and Sparc 20s) systems booting from CD-ROM. - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 arch="sparc"> - <title>Booting from Floppies</title> -<para> - -To boot from floppy on a Sparc, use -<informalexample><screen> - -Stop-A -> OpenBoot: "boot floppy" - -</screen></informalexample> -</para><para> - -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>. -Furthermore, a number of Sun4c models (such as the IPX) do not support -the compressed images found on the disks, so also are not supported. - -</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 seem 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> - -If you cannot boot because you get messages about a problem with -``IDPROM'', then it's possible that your NVRAM battery, which holds -configuration information for you firmware, has run out. See the -<ulink url="&url-sun-nvram-faq;">Sun NVRAM FAQ</ulink> for more -information. - -</para> - </sect2> |