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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: netbsd.current-users,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: Booting a Sun3 via network Date: 26 Jun 1996 15:44:43 -0700 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4qsegr$d5k@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4qpoam$jko@perry.zippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3864 comp.sys.sun.admin:69519 comp.protocols.nfs:14099 In article <4qpoam$jko@perry.zippo.com>, David J. Graff <phlatline@mhv.net> wrote: >Hey all, I am trying to do something that is probably very unorthodox as >far as network boot systems go. > >What I am attempting to do is boot a Sun3 under NetBSD being served from a >PC runnning Linux. That's not at all unorthodox. There's a Linux port of Xkernel, which includes all of the tools you need to do a remote boot of a Sun 3, as well as a smallish kernel you can run to turn the Sun 3 into an Xterm. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.