Subject: Re: NetBSD/sparc64 now 'ready for primetime'?
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Sch=F6ler?= <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/03/2005 12:58:30
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> You could burn a CD and have that as your backup boot device :)
>
> good idea. does OF support this kind of 'fallback boot device'? never
> tried...
>
> at the moment i think it'd be best to use a CF card (on an CF to IDE adaptor)
> for booting because this should provice maximum availibility (no moving
> parts, etc.).
>
> but i'm very interested in your idea, is there some tweaking necessary in OF
> to do this?
I've not tried to automate a fallback, though it should be
relatively easy to test by making the cd the first item.
Hmm - you might have to do some forth coding :)
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