Hi all...

I've had trouble also, trying to find a cdrom drive to boot a Sparc from.
Here's my solution: Use the "dd" command.

I've tried this on x86 and a SparcStation1 as well as even an
Intergraph2000 box(running clix though...)

I just setup an el-cheapo Linux box and dd'd the entire contents of the boot
cdrom to a spare SCSI hard drive. Then I set the spare hard drive up with
the
SCSI ID normally used by the cdrom. If you have an external enclosure, you 
can even swap "cdrom's" if you are careful.

dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/sda
or
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/dev/sda

Worked great, and it was faster than a cdrom install and I think
it may have been faster than a network install.

Oh, and if anybody wants the Intergraph box, you can have it. Just ask. I
live in
Atlanta GA....

-Greg Lim
glim-at-infistar-dot-com
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