Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 22:23:20 -0700, Patrick Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Not likely, especially if you've never even tried it before on Solaris. yeah. setting up a jumpstart server requires some understanding of what's going on during a network boot of sunos/solaris. It's possible

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Michael J. Saletnik
On June 29, 2002 at 15:45, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: well, it's not that difficult. after the boot net - install, the following happens: * RARP request to get IP address * TFTP request to RARP server (and a broadcast, if that fail. though i never managed to

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:03:29 -0400, Michael J. Saletnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] * bootparams query for NFS path of mini-root * NFS mount of mini-root This step, however, would fail. Now, it may be version-specific, but the Solaris version that I had (7 or 8, I'm not

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Donald Gordon
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:03:29 -0400 Michael J. Saletnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On June 29, 2002 at 15:45, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: * bootparams query for NFS path of mini-root * NFS mount of mini-root This step, however, would fail. Now, it may be version-specific, but

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Donald Gordon
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:03:29 -0400 Michael J. Saletnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On June 29, 2002 at 15:45, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: * bootparams query for NFS path of mini-root * NFS mount of mini-root This step, however, would fail. Now, it may be version-specific, but

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Ian Burrell
Robert Ian Smit wrote: I have been able to pick up a Sparcstation 4. In the long run I intend to use it as a Linux server (or maybe on of the BSDs). I am trying to install Solaris 8 on a Sparcstation 10 using a Red Hat Linux server. I got it finally to boot. Solaris 9 should be similar.