[SunRescue] Recommend starter Sun?

Scott Newell rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Mar 16 16:42:13 CST 2001


>>>I would recommend OpenBSD.
>
>I'd recommend it too - if I could ever get it to load.  2.8 does not seem to
>want to boot on my Sparcs - floppy or CD.  I can't try out all the security
>"stuff" I've heard so much about. :-(

Odd.  My first sparc OS install was OpenBSD 2.8 over FTP to a ss2.  Did an
IPX about a week later.  I used an NT machine to generate the boot floppy
and I was off to the races.


>>>So, for your Sparc, I would hedge my bet on OpenBSD.
>
>If you can get it to run.

Where in the install process did you start to have problems?


newell





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