[Nottingham] More kit for whoever wants it

Michael perl at tecspy.com
Wed Jul 27 20:19:59 BST 2005


Paul Sladen wrote:
>>I don't even know how to do a LAN instal :(
> Sun's have always been able to do network installs;  just requires RARP and
> TFTP setting up.  Beyond that it's nice and easy (plus you normally use the
> serial port for the console aswell so no mouse+keyboard at all!).
> 
> Debian have that Sparc netboot nicely documented on the website.

I was about to say: Sparc netboots real easy; I haven't tried a Linux 
net install on Sparc since RedHat 5.2 though. That needed a floppy for 
some reason.

Regards,
Michael Erskine.




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