Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-05 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* Aaron David Vose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-11-2002 02:49]: > I have a sun4c (Sparc Station 1) and would like to install > debian over a network. > > I set up a rarp server, and a tftp server. > These fucntion correctly. > > My problem is that the boot image provided by

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
05/11/2002 03:50:08, Aaron David Vose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. I have a sun-sparc 4c IPC which boots via the network [tft

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-04 Thread Aaron David Vose
Heh, yeah. That's pretty hard core ;) On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jason Pepas wrote: > > etherboot is for creating floppies... > > etherboot can also make bootroms. > > check out http://www.rom-o-matic.net/ > > if your sun has a bootrom slot, and the controller is supported by etherboot, > and you can

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-04 Thread Jason Pepas
> etherboot is for creating floppies... etherboot can also make bootroms. check out http://www.rom-o-matic.net/ if your sun has a bootrom slot, and the controller is supported by etherboot, and you can find someone with an eeprom burner, you should be good to go. -jason pepas -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-04 Thread Aaron David Vose
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? > > netBS

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-04 Thread Jason Pepas
> 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 l

tftpboot.img

2002-11-04 Thread Aaron David Vose
I have a sun4c (Sparc Station 1) and would like to install debian over a network. I set up a rarp server, and a tftp server. These fucntion correctly. My problem is that the boot image provided by debian (tftpboot.img) is too large for my sun to handle. The file is around 3M which is absolutly