Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 05:44:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: a toughie... installing FreeBSD on a diskless Sparc4... Message-ID: <20010831124435.307.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <007701c13131$ef602a60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Thanks to all for your help... I was able to get a hold of an old SCSI drive from a Mac and boot using that. Does anyone know where I can find more information about the Sparc FreeBSD port that's still in it's infancy? -Sameer --- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Rick Hamell [mailto:hamellr@heorot.1nova.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:03 AM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: Bsd Newbie; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: RE: a toughie... installing FreeBSD on a diskless Sparc4... > > > > > > > >> 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. > > > > Stop-A on most boxes... Assuming you have the Type 5 KB... BTW, it > >dosen't have to be a Sparc CDROM drive... It just has to be a SCSI! I > > But it also has to be switched into using 512 byte blocks. This may > have been fixed in later Sparcs but I remember running into this problem > the last time I tried hanging a SCSI CD off of a Sparc. I had to get > a CDROM with a jumper on the back. > > > > Ted Mittelstaedt > tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's > Guide > Book website: > http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > > >found a NEC SCSI Cdrom and External case at the Goodwil for $5, and it > >works great... :) (Plus a whole hoard of SCSI cables.) > > BTW... there is a FreeBSD-Sparc mailing list and port.. it's just > >really infantile due to everyone's time schedule... :( > > > > Rick > > > > > >******************************************************************* > >Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd > >Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://hw.shatteredcrystal.com > >***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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