Re: installing linux on a sparc slc

Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:39:16 +0100 (BST)

There are comprehensive instructions on RedHat's web site
(www.rehdat.com) for net booting and installing linux onto Sparcs. AFAIK
Redhat is the only distribution at present which supports SparcLinux.

On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Joseph Skinner wrote:

> Hi
>
> We are wishing to install sparc linux on a sun sparc slc but currently
> lack either a cdrom or a floppy drive for this machine.
>
> Is there any easy way to install linux over a network to create a
> bootable machine.
>
> The machine currently has sun os4.1.3 installed and linux would be
> installed on a second hard drive.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Joe.
> 

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