Dear Linux'ers, I have some old diskless SPARCstations of 4c and 4m series (SLC, LC, LX). I want to re-animate them as Desktopsthem using Debian.
The Boot/Rootserver is a Sun E450 running Solaris8. I want to set up a DHCP server for easier maintainance of my computers. And here are my questions: 1. Can anybody send me a pointer to document/URL where is explained the Old SPARCstation diskless boot sequence in detail (explanations here are also welcome ;-) 2. Is it enough to install the Solaris8 DHCP Server Software on the E450 or do I need any of rarpd and tftpd? 3. Are the Bootproms of the old SPARCs able to generate bootp requests and to process bootp replies or is RARP/TFTP the only way to map MAC to IP address for these machines and boot 'em up? Thanks a lot for your time Guenter -- Dipl.-Ing. Guenter Millahn Brandenburg University of Technology Systems, Network & DB Admin CS Dept / DB & IS Research Group Voice: +49 (355) 69-2272/2700 P.O. Box: 10 13 44 Fax: +49 (355) 69-2766 D-03013 Cottbus GERMANY "The real world is still far away from be led ad absurdum by the virtual one." (Hal Faber, newsreel "What happened, what will be", 08/13/2000)
