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From: frisch@mailhub.hcl.com (Mike Frisch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD on old SPARCS
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 13:15:23 GMT
Organization: Hummingbird Communications Ltd
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In article <4th37s$jkq@netix.telecall.co.uk>, crn@netix.org.uk (C. Newport) wrote:
>it is not there by default. Using Linux as a boot server can be a bit of a
>black art, not least because the NAG does it's best to vague on this.
Not really. The two biggest problems with Linux as a boot
server are the tftpd (most of which are broken) and bootparamd which is
available from one of the BSD source trees.
NetBSD/SPARC even successfully boots from Linux' broken NFS
server (whereas SunOS does not). I have now successfully booted
NetBSD/sparc and Sparc-Linux from my Linux server.
Mike.
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Mike Frisch (416) 496-2200 Ext. 2272
Software Engineer
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. North York, Ontario, Canada
Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not my employer