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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!portal.gmu.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!news-server.ncren.net!concert!relay.ga.unc.edu!newton.uncg.edu!not-for-mail From: rjadams@prin.uncg.edu (Robert Adams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Trying to boot sun 3/50 off of a solaris box Date: 29 May 1996 06:34:19 GMT Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4ogr5b$6ap@newton.uncg.edu> References: <4oecg2$s7c@newton.uncg.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: irc.uncg.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-color PL0] Robert Adams (rjadams@prin.uncg.edu) wrote: : Here is what I am trying to do: : I wish to boot a diskless sun 3/50 (netbsd 1.1) off of a solaris 2.5 box : This doesnt seem to be working.. okay, due to a kindly suggestion from Andrew Gillham, i got lots further.. I got the bootloader from sunos 4.1.1 (from the xkernel distributions) now NetBSD boots! almost.. (it gets as far as:) root on 192.168.1.1:/export/morden/root swap on 192.168.1.1:/export/morden/swap exec /sbin/init: error 13 init: not found panic no init (in case it matters, I'm using the netbsd generic kernel, from netbsd 1.1) yes, all the standard checks apply, there is an /export/morden/root/sbin/init and it is set executable. any ideas anyone? I may have a corrupted copy, so im gonna re FTP it tonight, but i think its eomthing else.. the root filesyss -IS- supposed to be a directory structure, and not some silly file on the server machine like miniroot is.. i woudl =not= think so, but stranger things have happened.. as always.. any help appriciated.. Robert -- Robert Adams Robert_Adams@uncg.edu