[Aurora-sparc-user] aurora 2.0 iso's, sparc 5

Joacim Melin listor at melin.org
Tue Sep 26 12:57:00 EDT 2006


which CPU is in your Sparc 5? If it's the 170MHz model, Linux won't  
work very well or at all, depending on the phase of the moon, etc.


On 26 sep 2006, at 09.51, Gert Lettner wrote:

>
> maybe someone can enlighten me. i downloaded the aurora sparc 2.0  
> iso's (currently using 1.0, i remember i have to boot in text mode  
> when installing this release) because i believe my old sparc 5 can  
> handle this release before further implementations raise the  
> technical requirements and i really want to use xfce. i have 2 hd's  
> (2 x 4.3 GB), the original cdrom and 256 mb memory.
> i downloaded cd 1 iso's from three different locations, have them  
> burned on various burners with different speed settings (espacially  
> 4x, as recommended several times here) but i always get the same  
> error: the cd is booting, i can select different boot options (e.g.  
> text, expert and so on) but in the moment anaconda is invoked the  
> machine reboots without any further message (or display them to  
> fast for my old eyes).this also happens when i tried to boot the  
> emergency system.
> is there something left i looked over or i have to know ??
>
> greetings
>
> -- 
>
> LG
>
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