Subject: 1.4.2 Ramdisks suitable for network booting?
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Robert Gash <gashalot@gashalot.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/07/2000 12:58:57
I have noticed that an installation/ramdisk directory showed up in the
sparc 1.4.2 release, however I didn't seem to find any mention of those
files in the installation notes.  Are these ramdisks capable of being
booted from the network in lieu of using the 2nd stage boot loader to NFS
the kernel and FS and THEN install?  What is the difference between
ramdisk-142.fs.gz and syramdisk-142.fs.gz?  (All I want to do here is be
able to install this Sparc classic w/o having to boot a full diskless
workstation install again)

-R

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