Re: Is there such a thing Sparc diskless firewall/router?
I don't know of any cd-bootable distribution for SPARC (you can put one
together yourself, though I suspect this isn't the answer you're looking
for :) ). However, many (most/all?) SPARC systems support booting from
the network as well. At one point, I had a SPARC5 booting NetBSD over
the network, served from an x86 Linux box. A similar setup can certainly
be done with Debian, as well.
I'm pretty sure I've come across a Debian manual on how to do this.
Not sure where it's located at the moment.
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:24:50PM -0500, Alex Yung said:
> I used to run a Sparc Classic as my Firewall/Router. Recently, the
> hard disk died. I am wondering if anyone has any pointer to diskless
> Sparc Firewall/Router. Most of the Linux Firewall/Router projects
> expect your hardware to be Intel. Just wondering if such thing exist
> on the Sparc platform.
>
> Is there any Sparc Live CD similar to the Intel Knoppix? The terminal
> server of Knoppix can accomplish what I want. This is why I am
> looking something like Knoppix. Any pointer is appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Alex
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