[luau] SparcStation IPX

[Dustin Cross]

Just about any old scsi cd-rom will work in there.  Just open the case,
plug in the cdrom to one of the scsi ribbon cables boot cdrom, do your
install, remove teh cd-rom, close teh case and your done.

or you could simple dd one of the boot.net floppies to your swap partition
and boot off that partition.  This way requires you to have a bootable os
to start.

look here for more info on ways to install OpenBSD on old sparc ahrdware
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/sparc/INSTALL.sparc

Dusty


> To all,
>
> 	I can't resist this one.  I have a Sparc 20 that could use a new
OS.
> 	I
> would ultimatley like to use it as a smart terminal on my home LAN.
> Only  problem is I don't have a floppy drive or a CDROM for it.  Short
> of visiting  Hawaii Computer Recycling, does anyone have any ideas on
> how to go about  upgrading the OS?  Also,  any ideas on replacing the
> hard drive for a quieter  one?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben
>
> On Wednesday 17 July 2002 01:49 pm, you wrote:
>> I think you are confused about FreeBSD it is the newest stable version
>> of the OS used by many thousand ISP's world wide and is constantly
>> upgraded. It is also the basis of the new Mac O/S.
>>
>>
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