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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
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>>>>> "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