[rescue] Sparc OS Install over serial

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Jan 6 20:49:19 CST 2004


On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:46:01PM -0700, John Bischoff wrote:
> I haven't tried to actually attach anything to my SB100, but boot ttya
> from PROM attempts to call on the serial A line.  Presumably you'd have to
> do some host-fu to get tftp/bootp working over SLIP, but it LOOKS like
> PROM will try.  What the hell, you can only try, but if I were you, I'd
> closet myself with the target and a good null-modem host, verify it works,
> then get a large quantity of your beverage of choice riding on it ;)

Hell, if he can get this working, and document it to where it is repeatable,
*I* will buy him a beer, or send him $5.  Seriously.

Bill

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bill bradford
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austin, texas



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