Re: [PLUG] [OT] solaris 9 netinstall

["Jeffrey J. Nonken" <jnork@nonken.net>]

At 05:43 PM 5/28/2003, you wrote:
> I am trying to setup a net install of solaris 9 onto an old sparc which
> has no cdrom drive.
>
> I have setup the rarp, tftp, bootparam.
>
> I am at the stage where one looks via tcpdump to see what kernel is being
> sought, the other way is to do some simple ip math. Either way, I'm
> stumped as I can't read the s1 dir on the installer cdrom where the kernel
> lives.
>
> Any ideas? I want to use a freebsd i386 install server, but I can use
> openbsd or linux if it's easier.
>
> I am running openbsd on the sparc now, but I really need solaris for a
> project I'm working on.
>
> I have heard that sun recently changed their cdrom setup to include a
> secret slice, s1, which could only be mounted under solaris. Is there a
> way to mount this under another os?

Just out of curiosity, what model SPARC?

I might be able to lend you a CDROM drive.

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