Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-07-03 Thread Craig Ian Dewick
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Ian Burrell wrote: > Robert Ian Smit wrote: > > > > Since a couple of days I can burn cdroms, and am now trying to > > install Solaris x86 on a previously retired harddrive. > > > > Once that is working I'll try to get the Sparc to boot Solaris 9. > > > > I expect to get back t

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-07-03 Thread Ian Burrell
Robert Ian Smit wrote: Since a couple of days I can burn cdroms, and am now trying to install Solaris x86 on a previously retired harddrive. Once that is working I'll try to get the Sparc to boot Solaris 9. I expect to get back to either Debian or one of the BSDs on the Sparc in the near futur

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-07-03 Thread Robert Ian Smit
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 05:01:29AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: I want to thank everyone for their reply. Since a couple of days I can burn cdroms, and am now trying to install Solaris x86 on a previously retired harddrive. Once that is working I'll try to get the Sparc to boot Solaris 9. I ex

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. I

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-specif

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-specif

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'

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 man

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 possi

Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-29 Thread Patrick Morris
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > I can't burn images to cd, so I to mounted the ISO-files > from the harddrive with -o loop. Apart from a few scripts there is not > much I can see. Is my download corrupt or is it impossible to read > these images from Linux? Is it like this for all o

Solaris install through TFTP linux-server

2002-06-28 Thread Robert Ian Smit
Hi, 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). For now I would like to try Solaris. Never touched/never seen it. I spent many hours this evening to get the Openboot screen in a terminal on my Linux desktop. After