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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!cygnus.com!usenet From: jtc@rtl.cygnus.com (J.T. Conklin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions on netbsd/sun3. Date: 24 Oct 1995 17:29:05 -0700 Organization: The NetBSD Project Lines: 18 Sender: jtc@rtl.cygnus.com Message-ID: <tjka5ujtim.fsf@rtl.cygnus.com> References: <46i481$3u5@vespucci.iquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rtl.cygnus.com In-reply-to: chris@vespucci.iquest.com's message of 24 Oct 1995 02:22:41 -0500 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0 >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Fisher <chris@vespucci.iquest.com> writes: Chris> Okay I've a few questions. The included docs aren't very Chris> helpful in this regard how do I get the os up if I dont have Chris> sunos to begin with? Currently you have to netboot off another machine, although Gordon is working on tape boot blocks which I believe he's planning on finishing before the net release. Chris> #2 (evil question) Chris> Could I boot the sun3 off a windoze pc if it was running nfsd and tftp? Chris> Is this completely impossible? I think you would need rarpd and rpc.bootparamd too. --jtc