On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Guenter Millahn wrote: > I want to re-animate them as Desktopsthem using Debian. > > The Boot/Rootserver is a Sun E450 running Solaris8. I want to set up > a DHCP server for easier maintainance of my computers. > > And here are my questions: > 1. Can anybody send me a pointer to document/URL where is explained > the Old SPARCstation diskless boot sequence in detail (explanations > here are also welcome ;-) > 2. Is it enough to install the Solaris8 DHCP Server Software on the E450 > or do I need any of rarpd and tftpd? > 3. Are the Bootproms of the old SPARCs able to generate bootp requests > and to process bootp replies or is RARP/TFTP the only way to map MAC > to IP address for these machines and boot 'em up? > > Thanks a lot for your time > Guenter >
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