[email protected] said: > Then I was pleasantly surprised to see that the OpenIndiana community is not > totally x86-exclusive, and there was a SPARC release made a week or so ago by > some wonderful fellow. But again, the ISO file is DVD-sized, not CD-sized - > hence the same problem as with Oracle's version. > > I wonder, what would it take to produce a distribution of OI for SPARC that > fits on a CD? Assume that it's going to a server that will be used with a > serial console, no monitor or keyboard ever, hence no need for any desktop > GUI components. (The ability to use a serial console instead of a keyboard/ > monitor for operations such as initial OS install is one of the main reasons > why I need SPARC rather than x86. I love my real DEC VTxxx terminals, and > hate PeeCee keyboard/video/mouse stuff with a passion.)
Been there, felt that pain. As Jim has already mentioned, it might be faster to setup your Bobware server as a DHCP/TFTP/NFS server, and net-boot your SPARC from that. No need for any special distribution. I guess an old-enough SPARC might need RARP/BOOTP/TFTP if it doesn't know "boot net:dhcp ...". BTW, and I'm not trying to talk you out of your psychoemotional aversion to x86, but I've got dozens of x86/x64-based systems running Solaris/Illumos and using their serial consoles. Works for Sun, Dell, and SuperMicro hardware, in my experience. Regards, Marion _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
