hi guys,

I'm having some problems with the setup installer for debian 4.0.4a
(etch) for sparc. I tried passing the following on SILO:

SILO Boot

boot: install video:atyfb:off DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text

I was able to successfully load the kernel through this method but for
some weird reason my sun keyboard will all of a sudden go hay-wire. as
soon as i pick the first option that the installer asks for and hit
the (ENTER key) the screen will just keep on scrolling. at first i
thought it's a keyboard issue but I've changed it for the 3rd time and
when im on OpenBOOT i can run the commands without any hassle. If
there is someone that was able to make this to work and would like to
share I would very much appreciate this...

thank you all!

-B

I had similar problem with 220r, what I did was to do command line
installation and not load the video drivers. It worked fine with Webmin
and I am using it for a webserver. I just could not get the video card
drivers to load propperly.

Gerry

thanks for the reply gerry. I tried to setup debian via TEXT mode
install. I was successfull but the darn keyboard just doesn't let me
install because as soon as i select an option and hit enter the
keyboard will just go haywire and all I see is the screen is
scrolling. i can sometimes stop it with just one hit on the back-space
key. but after picking the next station, it does the same thing.

-b

Debian-sparc Etch is detecting my keyboard as a type 5 but i have a
type 6 keyboard on my sun 250. anyone have an idea how i can force to
detect keyboard type=6 settings during bootup on SILO ?

thanks,
-b

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:44 AM, lilrc.org> wrote:

Debian Sarge worked just fine on my Sun 250 :) I'm just settling for
this distro and just build around it.

thanks list for all the replies and help :)

-beavis

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Beavis gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry the last mail went privately...

1. Maybe you can issue a bugreport to debian install team.
2. And you can upgrade from Sarge to Etch:)
3. I installed debian on a E250 successfully. But I can't remember
what d-i I used. Maybe it was the snapshot one.

Cheers!

Beavis wrote:

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