[Aurora-sparc-user] Installing 2.99 on Sun Netra T1 - ftp failed, hdd failed.... howto?

[Serg A. Kazakoff]

Hello, Aurora-sparc-user.

  I want to use 4-port ethernet card D-Link DFE-580 on Sun Netra T1
with already installed Aurora 2.0. This card is known in Fedora Core
as "SunDance".
  But 2.0 doesn't support this card, and when I attempt to recompile the
kernel with CONFIG_SUNDANCE=m, compilation fails with number of errors.
  So, I have tried to install Aurora 2.99 (corona). The installer
successfully detects all 6 network interfaces, but not initialize
it. Selecting any of detected interface to use with ftp install
failed, even no any dhcp packets send  to selected interface
(network install of Aurorra 2.0 on this hardware works well)
  Also, I have tried another way - have copied all *.iso files to new
partition (/dev/sdb1) formatted as ext3 and after netboot have chosen
"Hard drive" install. But after selecting drive/partition I get error
message "failed to mount partition" without any additional info.
  How can I install 2.99 to my T1 as described above?
  (CD-ROM drive not available)


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Regards
 Serg     mailto:sergkz at sayan.ru