Re: Ultra5 - booting from floppy - "can't open boot device"

[Miod Vallat <miod@online.fr>]

> 	'just bougth an Ultra5, read the INSTALL.sparc64, burn the floppy and
> launch "boot floppy bsd".
> 	on reboot, the disk seems to be checked ( I hear a sound on the floppy
> ) but it won't boot on the floppy saying "can't open boot device"
> 	any idea of what's going on ?

INSTALL.sparc64 states several times that the installation floppy is
only for Ultra 1 and 2 machines. Ultra 5 can not boot from floppy.

> Note: the install process in swap (and "boot disk:b bsd" thing) booted
> OK but no disk was found when asking "what disk to install to"
Which image did you put into your swap area? miniroot or floppy?

Miod