How to boot from cd-rom over the network

How to boot from cd-rom over the network

Post by Dongshe » Fri, 18 Apr 1997 04:00:00



Hi,

I was trying to boot a SPARC 2 from a CD-ROM drive connected to a SPARC 10
over LAN. The SPARC 10 is running Solaris 2.5.1. How to configure the
server (SPARC 10)? I need start tftpd, rarpd and cofigure the CD-ROM drive
to be available for sharing, right? What else?

Thanks in advance.

David

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How to boot from cd-rom over the network

Post by Matthew C. Ayco » Sat, 26 Apr 1997 04:00:00


: Hi,

: I was trying to boot a SPARC 2 from a CD-ROM drive connected to a SPARC 10
: over LAN. The SPARC 10 is running Solaris 2.5.1. How to configure the
: server (SPARC 10)? I need start tftpd, rarpd and cofigure the CD-ROM drive
: to be available for sharing, right? What else?

What you should do is to run the add_install_client on the cdrom.
This will modify the necessary files and add the machine to the
tftpboot directory as appropriate. Then tell the client to "boot net"
at the ok prompt.

Matt
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Matthew C. Aycock
Junior Systems Admin
Dept Math/CS
Emory University, Atlanta, GA


 
 
 

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