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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: |
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:20:57PM +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> The problem here is that the add-on card was made for PCs not for |
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> Sun/Apple gear and therefore does not have OBP firmware on it. Cards |
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> without such firmware cannot be used for booting. |
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Thanks for the information. I don't know if I should have known that |
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or not, but now both Zhang Weiwu and I do. |
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>> Perhaps a solution is for you during the install to put the /boot |
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>> partition onto the internal drive and install the boot loader there. |
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>> (This should work fine unless you need to preserve it.) |
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>> Then put / onto the external drive, and follow the installation |
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>> guide for setting up the configuration. |
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> This would work. |
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> Keith M Wesolowski |
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> "Site launched. Many things not yet working." --Hector Urtubia |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc) |
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