Re: [SLUG] Sun Hardware from ComputerBank.

[Dean Hamstead <deanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/OpenBSD/260/0/4662866/

or

http://lists.openresources.com/OpenBSD/sparc/msg00561.html

multiple mail archives =)
looking at it now some stuff is pretty vague. Oh well, having
done about 5 network installs i may be of some help.

boot.net gets the machine going it them checks out bootparams
to see where it should get root from. It then opens its NFS
root and starts up bsd.rd (which is a kernel + ramimage) and
the install begins.

My sparc came with redhat on it, and apparently there is doco
with it.

Sparc BIOS hardware changes a bit from what ive heard. Thankfully
you can go "help command" (eg. help boot) and it gives you info.

Dean


Terry Collins wrote:

> Dean Hamstead wrote:
>
> > Just a suggestion.
> > Network install the lot. 
>
>
> That is a distinct possibility as they all have NICs built in.
> FGI - they also have SCSI built in as well.
>
>
> > Debian supports sparc doesnt it =) I hear suse does.
>
>
> So I hear
>
> > Is anyone interested in my "steps to installing a sparc
> > over a network" admitedly its for openbsd, but 80% of it is OS
> > independant (eg. network settings and sparc bios stuff)
>
>
> Yes please.
> (I'm basically a person who is satisfied with the wheel and is quite
> happy not to reinvent it {:-).
>
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