From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: charlie N <neuromancernt@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:30:09 +0000
Subject: Re: complicated install of ultralinux 1.0.9
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The actual idea of installing, booting of the network using tftp is
ingenious (in a bizzarre linux way), but has anyone ever actually had
the beta v1.0.9 to install on their Sparc or Sun machine?  
Also, I have access to a burner also, but trying to find a HOWTO that
will explain a Sparc CD-R burn is beyond me. Just to get the CD-R to
even be recognized by the sun machine would be difficult. 
If the creators of UltraLinux could send me a CD with the beta on it,
I/we would be able to test it and report errors and what not. I
actually have emailed David Miller and asked him if he would send me a
CD, but his reply was nothing more than a URL to the ultralinux site
:-(. 

just my $.02
Charles
---Roland Turner <raz@arrakis.com.au> wrote:
>
> charlie N wrote:
> 
> > I have two sparc ultra 5 machines sitting in my office running
solaris
> > and really want to convert from crappy solaris to the UltraLinux ver
> > 1.0.9. However, the installation procedure, specifically the boot
> > procedure is utterly too complicated.
> 
> I see the network boot procedure as pretty simple, I just can't get it
> to work :-)
> 
> (I'd really love to hear from anyone who has UltraPenguin working on
an
> Ultra 60 or an Enterprise 1.)
> 
> > There has to be a simpler way to
> > install v1.0.9 on my Sun machine. Could someone burn me a bootable
CD
> > with v1.0.9 (I would pay for it) because I am certain that I will
not
> > be able to get tftp to work, along with the other procedures
required
> > to install the boot sequence.
> 
> Well, consider this a tentative offer. I have access to a burner, and
> hardware on which I can test the result. If someone can point me at
> documentation on how to create a CD-ROM that will boot on a SPARC,
I'll
> burn a few.
> 
> - Raz
> 

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