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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:58:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: "'The Buddha' Doug McLean" <dougmc@u.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Making a linux boot CD for a sparc 5
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To answer those questions:

o I will check back on that first point.
o I know the CD is functional because Solaris can see it once Solaris
boots up.  It just can boot off the CD
o I know this drive can read burned CDs because it read someone else's,
just not mine.  :(

Doug McLean
Department of Microbiology
http://faculty.washington.edu/dougmc
PGP Public Key ID# 0xF96E92D8

Meanwhile, in Gotham, M. Hornung wrote:

> Some ideas:
>
> o Make sure the CD *CAN* boot in a SPARC box
> o Make sure the CD is functional (try in another box)
> o The cd-rom drive may not read burnt discs
>
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> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 at 12:10, 'The Buddha' Doug McLean wrote:
>
> |Hi all,
> |
> |I have been trying to install SuSe on a sparc 5 I have at home.  I
> |downloaded the right iso's and burned them onto CDs using Toast on a Mac
> |(they are in ISO9660, not Mac format), but no matter what, the sparc can't
> |boot off the CDs I burn.  I know it can read bootable CDs because a
> |colleague once lent me similar CDs and those worked.  So I must conclude
> |that I am just missing something stupid.
> |
> |Has anyone ever tried this?  I also tried burning RH6.2 onto CDs with the
> |exact same problem.  If someone has tried it with RH6.2, can you give me
> |advice on that instead?  I just really want to use Linux instead of
> |Solaris 8 for a change.
> |
> |Doug McLean
> |Department of Microbiology
> |http://faculty.washington.edu/dougmc
> |PGP Public Key ID# 0xF96E92D8
> |
> |
>
>


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