[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that Solaris8 won't runn

[Mike Hebel]

>>Those are Sun4c machines as well.  The LX, classic, SS4/5/10/20 are some
of
>>the Sun4m machines.  I've got 4 SS2s sitting on my floor, and only 1 of
them
>>has a dead NVRAM, and it's not that hard to fix.

I stand corrected.  I'm just not sure if fixing the IPCs is worth it due to
the limited use of those systems.  As for the SS2 I have it has a NVRAM
which may or may not be close to dying.  That one I will replace as well as
any that fail in the two IPX boxes I have.

>>As for my preferred OS, I'm very familiar with Linux and Solaris, but not
at
>>all with the BSDs.  I've got OpenBSD on a machine, but it's UGLY as SIN
for
>>console work, and my number pad doesn't work, so I'm not exactly thrilled.
>>It does install, which is more than I can say for Linux right now, so I'll
>>have to wait and see what I can make work.

I'm currently using NetBSD on all but the SS2.  I have OpenBSD/Sparc but I
seem to be having trouble getting it to load on the IPX/IPC systems.  The
floppies just don't want to boot and making a bootable CD-Rom for Sparc with
my Windows system just doesn't seem possible from anything I've looked at.
I tried it with NetBSD via several forms.  (Hmm... somthing to be said now
for moving my ATAPI burner to my Linux box.)

Anybody got a good FAQ/info to point me to on making "bootable" Sparc CDs?

Sincerely,

Mike Hebel