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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:25:15 +0200
From:      nocturnal <nocturnal@swehack.se>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   How to install FreeBSD on headless UltraSPARC-II
Message-ID:  <426E413B.4020701@swehack.se>

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Hi

I have an ultrasparc here with debian linux, it was installed quite some 
time ago so no one here remembers the password. The machine has no 
floppy or monitor. I've managed to connect to it through a serial null 
modem cable and i can see the boot process but i don't know the linux 
password so i can't login after it's booted, it wont boot from any cd 
and as i have no monitor i don't know if there is some kinda bios option 
for that before the things i see through the serial cable connection.

I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 on it, my boss says he installed linux on 
it using a tftp bootimage and booting over the network or something like 
that. I can't find any good links for this and the ones i find i don't 
understand so thats why i was wondering if anyone here could help me.

These are the resources i've found so far.

http://sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Unix/Linux/Splack/sparc/splack-8.0/BOOTING.TXT
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.0-Manual/install-guide/doc123.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/1999/02/msg00065.html
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Med vänliga hälsningar

Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal
[Swehack] http://swehack.se




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