Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:10:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD to install for SparcStation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330000919.23543s-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199803251830.NAA05841@xxx.video-collage.com>
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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Hello! > > I'm facing the following challenge. Inventory: > > * SparcStation 1 with (circa 1989) with : > dead system disk > working floppy drive > sitting in a remote location > * Functional FreeBSD-current system with SCSI and _fast_ > (cable-modem) net connection > * Clean (used in windoze) 1G SCSI disk (from DEC) > * unlimited supply of floppies > > Ideally, I'd like to download all the neccessary pieces to the > FreeBSD host, set up this disk with the entire OpenBSD-2.2/Sparc > on it, make it bootable by the SparcStation. Then -- drive to the > "remote location", plug the disk into the SparcStation and see it > booting. Suggestion: 1. Drive to remote location. 2. Get dead Sparc. 3. Bring to office with FreeBSD box. 4. Hack away until happy. 5. Drive to remote location. 6. Install now working Sparc. Maximum two trips ;) If you can rescue an ethernet card it saves the wear and tear on floppies. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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