On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 08:32:15PM -0800, Matt Snow wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 05:41:51PM -0800, Matt Snow wrote:
> > >
> > > > The initial console error could be couple things. Either it didn't
> > > > properly create the RAM disk to dump the root filesystem into. Reboot
> > > > with this command at the OpenBoot "ok" prompt:
> > > >
> > > > boot cdrom root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=5120k"
> > > >
> > > i have 32mb of ram in each machine, solaris 7 loads fine(slow, but fine)
> > > on both machines. 1gb drives in each.
> > >
> >
> > So Solaris loads on the machine with the broken PROM? Those specs should
> > be enough to load Slackware on.
> yes solaris loads onto the ipx with the broken PROM. im gonna try a
> couple different things, i am gonna see if i get anywhere with the
> redhat 5.2 apollo CD i have. but no way willi install redhat. =)
> keepin it real baby!
Yes, do let me know if you figure anything out. It may be that Solaris
can work around broken PROMs and Linux can't.
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David Cantrell | david@slackware.com
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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