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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zdc!zdc-e!szdc-e!news From: David J. Graff <phlatline@mhv.net> Newsgroups: netbsd.current-users,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Booting a Sun3 via network Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:13:01 GMT Organization: Zippo Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4qpoam$jko@perry.zippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mod26.netime.com X-Newsreader: Post Road News Reader 1.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3846 comp.sys.sun.admin:69438 comp.protocols.nfs:14092 Hey all, I am trying to do something that is probably very unorthodox as far as network boot systems go. What I am attempting to do is boot a Sun3 under NetBSD being served from a PC runnning Linux. I have NetBSD and all of it's support archives and hopefully won't need much more as far as netbsd goes. The Linux side is a much more tricky question. I have never setup a diskless workstation and am curious as to how to do it. Since graduating I have a huge amount of time available for just screwing around with this shit. I have heard from one user that it can be possible with the right daemons (rarp support, tftpd, bootparamd, nfsd) which I have or can get. As for configuration of these daemons that is another story. If anyone is willing to open up an e-mail dialog with me on this one I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time --Dave --v^v--v^v--v^v-------------------------------------------------Phlatline Out the interface, through the subnet, over the router, through the other subnet, out the Gateway...Nothing but 'Net.