Actually I decided to use a CDROM because I couldn't get my x86 linux box to be a tftp server for the sparc. rarpd crashed as soon as the sparc tries to boot. And I don't have any other no-x86 box around that I can use. What do you use for rarp?
thanks graziano On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 15:18:21 Ari Heitner wrote: [ ...] > Magic thing about sparcs: you can TFTP boot them without a cdrom or > floppy -- > you just need another running machine that will ARP/RARP. I use this > to boot > all sparcs for installation (been doing it for a while now). > > The initial instructions I followed to get it working (it's pretty > straightforward) I found in Hugo van der Kooij's (hope i got that > right) > SPARCBook FAQ, on sunhelp.org. > > You can install everything *everything* via TFTP. It's beautiful. Yet > to see a > sparc with a dead NIC :) > > > > > Ari > > >
