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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!erinews.ericsson.se!eua.ericsson.se!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!uunet!in3.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pier2.bayarea.net!baygate.bayarea.net!thorpej From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Run NetBSD on diskless sun3 (via nfs)? Date: 18 Oct 1996 01:49:57 GMT Organization: George's NetBSD answer man Lines: 23 Message-ID: <546no6$4il@pier2.bayarea.net> References: <5461rf$6ks@sparccg.Myrias.AB.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: baygate.bayarea.net In article <5461rf$6ks@sparccg.Myrias.AB.CA>, Allan Young <allan@sparccg.Myrias.AB.CA> wrote: >Can you run NetBSD on a diskless sun3? The install docs mention >_installing_ NetBSD via network but do not mention if it's possible to >run with just a network connection (ie. using nfs) and no local disk >on the sun. Yes... it works basically as you'd expect it to... very much like running diskless under SunOS.. See the NetBSD diskless(8) manual page for more information. >Is there a suitable kernel out there for running a diskless 3/60? The GENERIC one will get you going... >PS I know performance will bite running diskless, but hey it's only a >3/60 any way! Mu 3/60 chugs along quite nicely (esp. with it's blazing fast ESDI disks! :-) -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>