Re: Debian on Sparc...
Norman Walsh <norm@berkshire.net> writes:
> I can't find any reference to the debian-sparc mailing list
> (or did one never exist?). Is anyone using Debian on a
> sparc (or barring that, is anyone using Linux on a sparc ;-).
> The heart of my question is this, is it possible to get Linux
> up and running on a sparc w/o a CD-ROM drive? Can Debian
> Linux/Sparc boot off a floppy and establish an ethernet connection
> so that the rest of the install can proceed off a mounted
> filesystem?
You should be able to pull this off without a floppy - the boot rom
knows how to do BOOTP and then load a kernel off the net.
Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu
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