Boot sparc 60

2006-12-11 Thread Simon Tyler
Does anyone know how to boot an ultra sparc 60 without the use of a floppy drive or a cd drive? I know it sounds impossible, however, until I get hold of a cd drive I can't do anything with it. I can plug it into my hub at home which has a pc running Suse Linux, I can't log into it because the

Re: Boot sparc 60

2006-12-11 Thread Martin
On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 10:02 +, Simon Tyler wrote: Does anyone know how to boot an ultra sparc 60 without the use of a floppy drive or a cd drive? I know it sounds impossible, however, until I get hold of a cd drive I can’t do anything with it. I can plug it into my hub at home which has

Re: Boot sparc 60

2006-12-11 Thread Chris Newport
Martin wrote: FWIW I'm not sure Ultra 60s can boot from floppy. Only pre-ultrasparc machines can (officially) boot from floppy. Modern linux kernels are also too big to fit on a floppy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL