From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 9 08:32:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11167 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:32:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11133 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:31:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA16067; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:30:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199804091530.KAA16067@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Sun Floppy? To: dhw@whistle.com (David Wolfskill) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:30:46 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199804091416.HAA25492@pau-amma.whistle.com> from David Wolfskill at "Apr 9, 98 07:16:09 am" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, David Wolfskill said: > >Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 11:18:09 -0500 > >From: Bob Alberti > > >Hi! I recently came into an old SparcClassic. I'd like to install FreeBSD > >on it. Is there any way to build a floppy image to start the process, > >particularly if one must use a PC to build the floppy? The machine itself > >has a blank 300 MB hard drive and no CD. > > I have no reason to believe that the machine has any provision for > booting from floppy. (Booting from a floppy, in that environment, is > even more of an unnatural act than trying to use one in multi-user > mode.) I bet you could. It's just a device to the Open Boot Prom. The problem is getting a sun kernel small enough to boot. -- Blue skies and all that. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message