[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 128, Issue 7

[Michael Thompson]

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 21:48:28 +0200

> From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Need help in booting Sun 2/50
>
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:52:33 +0100
> David Brownlee <abs at absd.org> wrote:
>
> > If you have issues netbooting SunOS on the 3/60 or 2/50 one
> > alternative might be to netboot NetBSD and use it to partition the
> > disks and install that way.
> I support this recommendation. That was the way I got 4.4BSD-Lite2
> instaled on a HP9000-433T and 4.3BSD-Reno on a MicroVAX 3500...
> --
>
>
> \end{Jochen}
>
> \ref{http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/}
>

With just a little work you can get ndbootd running under NetBSD, then
install the TFTP boot block for the 2/50, then install the boot program for
the 2/50, then boot the SunOS MiniRoot from NetBSD. That will give you
enough functionality on the 2/50 to copy the SunOS MiniRoot from the NetBSD
server to the disk on the 2/50, then boot the 2/50 from it's disk, then run
the rest of the SunOS install across the network from the NFS drive on the
NetBSD server.

-- 
Michael Thompson