From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 27 9:14:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09A637B405 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:14:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 15FHx1-0002ze-00; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:13:59 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f5RGDwZ12888; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:13:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:13:58 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: David Scheidt Cc: John Galt , Terry Lambert , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the shift to 'web services' Message-ID: <20010627171357.A12856@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010627143033.A7900@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dscheidt@tumbolia.com on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:18:01AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:18:01AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: | On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, j mckitrick wrote: | | :| of these: previous to the Palm3, the OS ROM wasn't flashable. The FUN use | :| of the Palm I recently heard about was using the sync cradle and TopGun to | :| serial-boot a Sparc5. :) | : | :How would you do *that* ? | : | | You plug the plam's cradle into the serial port, and use a terminal emulator | on the palm to talk to the machine. I've done this with Suns, Ciscos, HPss, I guess what i was unfamiliar with is the term 'serial-boot.' It sounded like more than just a terminal session. Jonathon -- Microsoft complaining about the source license used by Linux is like the event horizon calling the kettle black. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message