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- From: acb@Ziggy.csl.ncsu.edu (Andrew C. Burnette)
- Subject: Re: Boot Tapes on a SPARC
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.022122.18113@ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <9301220207.aa13754@gate.demon.co.uk> <1993Jan25.071836.3928@dbha.toppoint.de>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:21:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.071836.3928@dbha.toppoint.de>, detlev@dbha.toppoint.de (Detlev Habicht) writes:
- |> karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk (karl) writes:
- |>
- |> >Is it possible to make a SunOS boot tape for a Sparc IPC/IPX, so that I can
- |> >reload the OS without requiring a CD? I know that this is no longer supported,
- |> >so I guess my question is does anyone know the format of the boot tapes that
- |> >it would boot from?
- |>
- |> >Thanks.
- |>
- |> I have the same question for a few weeks here. No one answers. I found only
- |> a special tool to duplicate tapes.
- |>
- |> Detlev
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- a set of 4.1.1 tapes may be copied using tcopy. I think 4.1.1b is the last
- sun4c release to come out on tape.
- The format of the boot tapes is described(minimally) in the 4.1.1b manuals.
- If what you are asking is can you create an install tape from the cd, the answer
- is probably not. I am sure the 'boot' sections of the cd and tape are quite
- different, as the device loading each is similarly different.
- Good Luck,
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- Andrew C. Burnette acb@ncsu.edu
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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