Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

[Dan Oglesby <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>]

sun4c systems do support CD-ROM boot, but possibly not with all CD-ROM drives.

--Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Izumi Tsutsui" <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
To: peasthope%shaw.ca@localhost
Cc: port-sparc%NetBSD.org@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 9:52:06 AM
Subject: Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

> * 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.
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Izumi Tsutsui