Another option would be to netboot the 4/330 from the sun3/80...

		David/absolute

	--( Funny, I almost believed you for a minute... )--

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:

> I was building the boot tape on the Sun 3/80 untill it took a flying leap
> off the deep end!  I have been told that I can boot directly from a miniroot
> so I wrote it to tape.  The boot command makes the tape roll (b st(0,20,0)
> -s) but nothing happens. I used a block size of 8K and was wondering if this
> is the proper size to use with a Sun Sparc 330?  So I started to write the
> next tape and the 3/80 died.  Luckly, I have two 3/80's so last night I
> loaded up the second one and will give it another shot today.  Also, someone
> said that I could not use the MAKEBOOTTAPE from Sun3 but I have not tried
> yet.  BTW I think I am going to just reload that other Sun 3/80.
> 
> Rick Copeland
> 
> 
> At 10:12 PM 2/15/98 -0800, David Brownlee wrote:
> >On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:
> >
> >> From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
> >> 
> >> If I write a miniroot to a tape (cartridge type used on a Sparc 330) can I
> >> boot the mini root directly from the tape?  If so what commands are required
> >
> >	Providing you write it in the correct format with a boot block it
> >	should work... You should be able to adapt
> >	 /usr/src/distrib/sun3/MakeBootTape 
> >
> >> to instruct the Sparc to boot from the tape (the machine is bare and
> >> currently has no operating system on the hard drive)?
> >
> >	I would expect 'b st()' to work.
> >
> >	On what machine are you building the boot tape?
> >
> >		David/absolute
> >
> >Definition of the day:
> >'A moot point': Something open to debate... _not_ an irrelevant point.
> >(It would be preferable if more of the world could grasp the above)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>