Subject: Re: SPARCstation 2 boot options
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Basterfield <list@lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/31/2002 20:42:31
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:01:43 -0700
"Don Yuniskis" <auryn@GCI-Net.com> wrote:

> Yes to netboot and diskette -- though the drive may need to be cleaned
> to get it to work (ask for details).  Yes to the CD -- though to *boot*
> from the CD I think it needs to support 512 byte sectors (?).
> Haven't tried my tape drive yet (seemed to have problems doing
> tape i/o under 1.5.2 and haven't yet traced that to drive vs. OS
problems)

As of firmware 2.3 or 2.4 the requirement for 512byte blocksize cdrom was
lifted - you still need a 512 byte cdrom for Solaris, but NetBSD should be
OK with 2048 byte blocksize.

> You'll have no problems getting an SS2 up ("he said, gleefully...")
> --don

Works great.