[rescue] Re: Sparc Classic Resurrection for Newbie

[Iggy Drougge]

Robert Novak skrev:

>On 6 Jan 2002, Iggy Drougge wrote:

>> Ken Hansen skrev:
>>
>> >Download an OS - Solaris is nice, but unless you find more RAM, it's not
>> >really an option. You could try OpenBSD|NetBSD|Linux - it is pretty
>> >trivial to download a .iso file and burn a bootable CD.
>>
>> The CD stage is quite unnecessary on the *BSDs. I've never installed a BSD
>> (and I've done that quite a lot of times) over anything but network.

>Unnecessary is subjective, you know...

>In my case, depending on time of day it may be faster to install from a 2x
>CD than from the net, or vice versa. Imagine if you will someone with a
>5mbps pipe at work (30MB/minute downloads of ISO images) and a nice cd
>burner and a short commute to home, where he has an overloaded 384kbps dsl
>line that runs 80% of capacity at night when he's around. And if there's
>just a dialup at home, it's even more obvious if you're doing a full
>install.

DSL? I've done lots of network installs when all I had was a modem. You don't
have to install from the Internet, it's quite possible to enter your own host,
path and login in the BSD sysinst dialogue.
And a local 10Mb ethernet is a whole lot faster than a 2W CD-ROM drive, IME.
And less messy, too, IME.

>I like to keep ISO images and burned CDs around just in case. In fact, I
>think I have an envelope of netBSD install discs here in case I decide to
>pull a VAXstation (or something else) out of storage on a whim one
>sleepless cold-medicine- riddled night and set it up :)

A friend gave me the necessary NetBSD ports on CD-R when all I had was a modem
and my local LAN. Anything never than that CD, I keep on my hard drive, for
other hosts to fetch via FTP. And why use disks when you can netboot them off
another BSD machine?

>Don't get me wrong... I do like net installs from a boot floppy (did my
>last couple of Debians that way, and the occasional FreeBSD install too).
>But they aren't always practical or good for one's patience.

I've never tried anything else. And it's a lot easier than hunting down the
right CD drive for your SPARC.

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