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cangeceiro n00b
Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 10
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject: gentoo netboot |
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is anyone aware of a netboot image available for sparc32? i am wanting to convert my sparcstations to gentoo from debian but i dont have a cdrom drive. I havent found anything on the website or ftp sites, but i figured i would check the forums before i gave up on it |
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latexer Retired Dev
Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 239 Location: NYC
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: gentoo netboot |
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cangeceiro wrote: | is anyone aware of a netboot image available for sparc32? i am wanting to convert my sparcstations to gentoo from debian but i dont have a cdrom drive. I havent found anything on the website or ftp sites, but i figured i would check the forums before i gave up on it |
Weeve has been working on creating tftpboot images for us, but has hit some snags w/ ulibc, afaik. Until then, you can use debian's tftpboot.img from their mirrors, and once booted from that do the "Execute a Shell" option in the debian menu. From there you should be able to get things done (unpack a tarball, chroot, etc).
I just did this on my ultra 2 (only i was setting up a diskless system over NFS) i'm pretty sure the debian tftpimage has all the tools for partitioning a harddrive, etc needed though. _________________ overlays - Use at your own risk. File bug reports on this stuff and i'll kick you in the junk. Ask me before asking upstream if these fail. I mean it. No, really.
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Weeve Retired Dev
Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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The debian tftpboot image does not include bzip2 support at last check, so you may need to download a stage and convert to tar.gz (or just untar it) on another host.
A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
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cangeceiro n00b
Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 10
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:12 am Post subject: |
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thats a damn skippy idea, i never thought about doing that. Thanks alot |
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DuDe Guru
Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 314 Location: Roma Italy
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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I would like create some tftpboot image, but in kernel-tree i'v notice the presence of root.img i think the image of root file system, i start to play with sparc via cross-compiler and i would like build a tftpboot.img on my x86 machine very fast then sparc machine, but i never found some docs about root.img creation, if somenone have some docs, please point me to the doc
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Weeve wrote: | A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
Do you think this would work with an IPX ok? I'd love to be a guinea pig if you need one. |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Weeve wrote: | A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
Do you think this would work with an IPX ok? I'd love to be a guinea pig if you need one. |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Weeve wrote: | A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
Do you think this would work with an IPX ok? I'd love to be a guinea pig if you need one. |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Weeve wrote: | A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
Do you think this would work with an IPX ok? I'd love to be a guinea pig if you need one. |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Weeve wrote: | A Gentoo image is in the works, running into some snags but hopefully something soon. |
Do you think this would work with an IPX ok? I'd love to be a guinea pig if you need one. |
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