Re: sunlance.c - network driver for sun4m
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, m.nine.six wrote:
> >
> > > or is there any other solutions how can i start it over the network?
> > Hmm,
> >
> > Sounds like your from intel land,
>
> yep... a _greenhorn_ on sun boxes!
>
> >sun computers can net boot from their
> > boot prom, you don't need to compile the sunlance driver seperately it
> > should be in the standard kernel once you boot it.
> >
> > Get onto the www.ultralinux.org web site and look at the frequently ask
> > questions.
>
> the faq's are good. but doesn't solve my problem. i'm able to boot my
> box with the tftpboot.img (installation image) file from debian. but
> after the installation on a nfs root i changed the link to the new
> installed boot image "vmlinuz". but sun tells me after downloading the
> file:
>
> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
Instead try pointing it at the file /sbin/silo
and see whether that works otherwise I may need to do some reading to see
how its done.
Regards,
Peter Firmstone.
>
> i saw a faq something silimar to that but it not the same.
>
> and an other faq tells that i have to convert an elf kernel to aout with
> the elf2aout tool. but the tool tells me that it is not an elf file.
>
> what i am doing wrong? any idea??
>
>
> ps: why i asked for burning the network rom was i wasn't able to boot
> only with bootp and tftp. i always additional need to use rarp and arp.
>
>
> regards,
> alias m.nine.six.
>
>
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