Subject: Re: question about netboot
To: Marc Ramirez <mrami@mrami.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/25/1996 10:55:50
On Thu, 25 Apr 1996 02:46:54 -0400 (EDT)
Marc Ramirez <mrami@mrami.com> wrote:
> I just fell into two old SS1's with SunOS 5.5, and I'd like to get
> something better on them. However, I don't want to blow the disks away
> just yet, so I was wondering if I could simply install the sparc
> distribution on my Intel box and netboot it.
Sure, you can netboot the sparc. Check out the NetBSD 1.1 installation
notes. They describe how to netboot your sparc.
ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.1/sparc/
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