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- From: casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik)
- Subject: Re: Boot Tapes on a SPARC
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.120135.23688@fwi.uva.nl>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 12:01:35 GMT
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- detlev@dbha.toppoint.de (Detlev Habicht) writes:
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- >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.
-
- It's not just a question of making a tape, you'll need a tape-boot file.
- Sun no longer supplies us with one. I believe that you will only
- be able to find such a file for machines supported in SunOS 4.0.3 which
- is, if I recall correctly, the last SunOS that can be installed from tape.
-
- Casper
-