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Re: Is there such a thing Sparc diskless firewall/router?



There is a Gentoo Live CD.

--- Mike Edwards <sauron-debian-sparc@psychology.rutgers.edu> wrote:

> 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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