Subject: Re: exports / diskless boot
To: Tom Calderwood <tcalderw@BBN.COM>
From: J.T. Conklin <jtc@cygnus.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 08/23/1995 14:52:59
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Calderwood <tcalderw@BBN.COM> writes:

Tom> I have a sparc running NetBSD "current" and I am trying to set it
Tom> up as a server for a Sun3. Has anyone actually tried this
Tom> scenario (as opposed to booting a NetBSD 3/50 off of a SunOS
Tom> sparc?).

Before I got a disk for my 3/60, I ran it diskless off a NetBSD-current
i486.  

Tom> If I try to use "-alldirs" on /usr/src:
Tom> /usr/src -alldirs -maproot=root bozo.bbn.com

This is what I did.

Tom> The Sun3 starts to boot but panics:

I don't remember this happening.  I my 3/50's are still diskless and
they run fine (until I try to compile something big enough to cause
the machine to swap, and then they fall on the floor).

	--jtc