I have been able to net boot, and CD-Rom boot my SS2. You should be able to floppy boot also. As for tape, I have no clue, as I have never tried it, and only have 1 tape drive here.....

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:03:58 -0500, Andy Ball wrote:

>
>Hello!
>
>I'm /this/ close <pinches fingers together like kids-in-the-
>hall head-squashing guy> to picking up a SPARCstation 2 with
>the specific hope of running NetBSD/sparc on it.  I have
>NetBSD/i386 running on some PCs, so might be able to netboot
>it.  I'm interested in knowing what other boot options are
>open to me. The NetBSD/sparc FAQ mentions boot floppies. Can
>a SPARCstation 2 (2.4.1 firmware) be coaxed into booting
>from its diskette drive?  What about a CD-ROM drive?  Tape?
>
>Regards,
>  - Andy Ball.
>


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