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Re: Getting a SUn 3/60 to boot from a linux box
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Fri Nov 3 07:22:55 1995
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: tgk@xs1.xs4all.nl (tgk)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 08:55:48 +0100 (BST)
Cc: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: <44oq0n$lv7@news.xs4all.nl> from "tgk" at Oct 2, 95 01:38:31 pm
> i would like to know if there is a possibility to boot theese machines
> using my own linux box. i am aware that these machines need their own Os
> but in the back of my mind is a thought that there must be a possibility
> for a unix box to "fake" a sun 4/260 server (from wich the machines
> usually booted) this server had a severe personality problem and is not
> usable anymore...:)
The Sun 4/260 server boots them with RARP initially to find their address,
then tftp to send over a kernel then it goes on via NFS etc. Linux can
be used to boot your Sun clients, as can almost any unix system.
Alan
