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