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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:35:28 -0600 (MDT)
From:      John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and the shift to 'web services'
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.32.0106271532330.18691-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010627143033.A7900@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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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* ?

TopGun is a telnet app.  The HotSync cradle is a hugely expensive
null-modem cable, so all he did (I assume) is boot the Sparc headless,
which defaults to serial console [9600 8N1] and use TopGun sort of like
you would use Minicom.

>
>Jonathon
>--
>Microsoft complaining about the source license used by
>Linux is like the event horizon calling the kettle black.
>

- -- 
 Customer:  "I'm running Windows '98"      Tech: "Yes."      Customer:
   "My computer isn't working now."     Tech: "Yes, you said that."

Who is John Galt?  galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who!

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