Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:10:18 +1000 From: Robert Moss <rmoss@bigpond.net.au> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: a toughie... installing FreeBSD on a diskless Sparc4... Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010829190910.02510430@localhost> In-Reply-To: <007b01c13068$92d74cc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <20010829080205.95647.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>
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From the keyboard you hold down STOP and press A to go back to the OK prompt (OpenBoot Prom) This only works on SPARC systems (Intel/x86 keyboards do not have OpenBoot) rob. At 01:57 AM 29/08/2001 -0700, you wrote: >FreeBSD is not ported to the Sparc. You want NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org) >but I'd recommend strongly you buy a CDROM for it, Sun CDROM's can be gotten >very cheaply off of Ebay. > >If you have a Sun monitor and keyboard >for your Sparc there is a command key sequence that will dump the system into >it's BIOS which you can then issue a command to boot it single user and >once there change the root password to whatever you want. See >http://www.sun.com for more details. > > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bsd Newbie > >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:02 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: a toughie... installing FreeBSD on a diskless Sparc4... > > > > > > > > > >It's alot more difficult that it seems. Lemme' give a little of what's > >going on. > > > >I have a Sparc4. I don't have the root password for the Sparc4, so it's > >pretty much useless right now (well, okay it's like a monitor rest). The > >Sparc doesn't have a floppy or a CDROM. > > > >The Sparc has it's IP address (which is a different class let alone > >network) which isn't compatible with my network. > > > >I want to be able to mount a Sparc version of FreeBSD on my working > >Celeron/FreeBSD box and have the Sparc boot off of that CDROM and install > >FreeBSD over it's version of Solaris 2.5.1 > > > >I don't know if this is possible. I hope it's possible. Please tell me > >it's possible. > > > >Anyone have any ideas? > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > >http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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