On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, John Carr wrote:

> This is most likely the wrong list to post this, but I have a quick
> question...
> 
> I'm having a little trouble getting everything together to netboot my 
> Sun3... The HD died and I have a new one that needs a fresh install... never
> had to do a netboot before with linux, and I'm not having much luck...
> 
> In order for rpc.bootparamd to run, it requires
> /usr/include/rpcsvc/bootparam_prot.x from a SunOS box. I can find the 
> sources to rpc.bootparamd that I can futz with to get it to run under linux,
> but I don't have access to bootparam_prot.x. Is there some way around this?

On my RedHat system, that library was included with the libc package. I
still had problems getting it to compile tho' and wound up getting the
bootparam RPM from RedHat's site. If you aren't running RedHat and still
have problems, I could mail you a copy.

Out of curiousity, are you trying to compile the rpc.bootparamd from
NetKit-0.09? They just started to include the source and I haven't tried
playing with it yet.

Also, if you are curious, there is work on a port of Linux to sun3. Take a   
look at http://www.netppl.fi/~pp/sun3/ for more info.

> Thanks for any help in advance...
> 
> JC.

No Problem.

-Neil

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