Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

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SS2, IPX, SLC definitely does boot from cdrom if your nvram is happy and 
probe-scsi finds a cdrom that supports 512byte sector size like most 
panasonic's. :)

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> > * Use a CD.
> >   I have a Yamaha Model CRW4260tx external SCSI
> >   drive.  I have Debian but no working NetBSD
> >   system.  I can try to compile mksunbootcd in
> >   a Debian system, make a 5.0.2 CD and try to
> >   boot the Sparc 2 from the Yamaha drive.
>
> BTW you can simply try iso image in 5.1_RC3:
> ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.1_RC3/iso/sparccd-5.1_RC3.iso
> but I'm not sure sun4c machines support cdrom boot.
> ---
> Izumi Tsutsui

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