Subject: Re: Problems getting Classic to net boot
To: None <gwr@mc.com>
From: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/22/1997 18:19:56
> >
> > cp /usr/mdec/boot tempfile
> > printf '\01\03\01\07\060\200\0\07' | dd of=$TARGET bs=32 conv=sync
> > dd if=tempfile of=$TARGET bs=32 skip=1 seek=1
> >
> > which should produce an image that is acceptable to both sun4 and sun4[cm]
> > ROMs. (See installboot.c for an explanation of the numbers..)
> >
> > -pk
>
> Would it be possible to do the "magic number frob" at build time?
> Does the frobbing depend on the target machine type?
Yes, I was considering doing that.
-pk