Re: Sun sparc: no media install? [Re: Sun classic]
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 09:50:37AM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote:
>
> > BTW, why would anyone install the Debian on Suns if the machines come
> > with
> > Solaris right out the boxes? The only reason I'm asking about Debian on
> > Sun is that I think it's an interesting alternative since the Classic
> > where I have an access to doesn't have Solaris on it (the CDs I mean).
>
> I've been trying to get a Sun sparc machine for myself, with the only
> purpose of installing Debian/Linux into it. I don't know why I should
> have it working only with Solaris if I could make it run with Linux.
>
> On another list someone said he had got one sparc station, with no media
> in it, and no OS installed. Anyone knows how could this guy have
> Debian installed? (surely via internet, but as I said there's no system
> installed, and no floppy or cd drive).
You'll need to read the install text on setting up a tftp server and an nfs
export of the needed files.
Ben
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