In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just a quicky - is their an idiots guide to getting a decent > >distribution going on a CATS server? > It's not completely trivial at the moment. From what I remember the > CATS firmware can't boot off CD or floppy so you need to either boot > over NFS or from your NetBSD partition initially. Debian will run on a > CATS but I don't know what the state of support in the boot disks is. > You might be able to use some variant of the NetWinder install process. > I hope to get time to look into this properly soon. Cheers for the response - as I thought really - still black art stuff - I have other boxes running RHat 6.2 so could (in theory) boot from NFS via these - any webpages I should be reading? BTW, does Debian have native support for the CATS system or is it a kernel re-compile scenario? If you're doing any work in this are keep me posted! Ta! BFN Jeremy -- Co-Comp, PO BOX 199, PRESTON. PR1 9SS UK Turn-key computing and internet solutions Web: http://www.co-comp.co.uk RiscStation Registered Dealer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Castle Registered Dealer Tel: +44 (0)7970 064479 Authorised RISCOS Installer Fax: +44 (0)7971 434612 unsubscribe: body of `unsubscribe linux-arm' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ++ ++ kernel-related discussions. ++
