[SunRescue] SunOS install

[Paul Khoury]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:04:26 -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury3 at earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 3:59 AM
>> To: SunRescue List
>> Subject: [SunRescue] SunOS install
>> 
>> Okay, this email is going to get me laughed at, but what 
>> other installation
>> methods for install SunOS 4.1.x are possible, besides tape?
>
>Network, but I'm not sure about others.  

Hmmm...
Would I just setup the machine for rpc.bootparamd, rarp, and nfs?
>
>> 
>> I finally figured out how to reprogram the NVRAM in my IPC, 
>> so I'd like to make it
>> useful.   I originally would prefer SysV, but SunOS will do.
>> Thought about NetBSD, but I want something new.
>> And Linux just hung after trying to load it's second ramdisk.
>
>NetBSD isn't new?  It's new to me...  :)
>What Linux Distro are you trying to install?  RedHat6.1 has some serious
>problems with Sun4c, but 6.2beta has been better for most people.

Uh oh.  Good thing I spent less than 2 bucks on that CD.

  Debians
>big problems seem to have been on the SS5...  Of course if you have another
>linux box around, you could just roll your own.  :)

Nope, I haven't touched Linux for a long time...