Subject: Re: 1.4.2 Ramdisks suitable for network booting?
To: Robert Gash <gashalot@gashalot.com>
From: Gerald Richter <glassman1@neonshadow.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/07/2000 10:38:42
Robert Gash wrote:
>
> 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
Heh. They are both kernel images, for remote boot you still need the 2nd
stage loader... I just tried both of them on my 4/110, and both bitch
'cause they were compiled sans SUN4 support...
-Gerald
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