netboot is for intel comps only... i need somthing for a sparc.. etherboot is for creating floppies... my sun doesn't have a floppy, hence the netboot...
I guess it just isn't somthing a person can do. On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jason Pepas wrote: > > Is there a boot image that's around 64k? > > netBSD has a two stage system where a 64k boot image is > > loaded. This image then loads the kernel/rootfs over > > NFS. > > > > Is there such a thing for debian? > > > > If anyone could help, i'd really appreciate it. > > > > ~Aaron Vose > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > sounds like you are looking for etherboot or netboot. > > here is an excerpt from http://jason.pepas.com/linux/notes/diskless.txt > > --- > Diskless Node Bootdisk: > --- > > If using netboot: > > On the nfs server, run > > apt-get install netboot > makerom > > This will make image.flo and image.rom. > Image.flo is for floppies and image.rom is > for burning to a bootrom. > > Write image.flo to a floppy with > > dd if=image.flo of=/dev/fd0 > > If using Etherboot: > > go to http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/distribution.html > and grab the latest production release, and the documentation if you like. > > then: > > tar xzvf etherboot-x.x.x.tar.gz > cd src > make bin32/card.dsk > > where card is the name of your card, ie, rtl8139.dsk. > grep the Makefile for card names. > > your floppy image will be in src/bin32, named card.dsk. > Write it to floppy: > > cat card.dsk > /dev/fd0 > > -jason pepas > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
