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Re: How do I stop a Sparc 1 booting from the network?

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From: Karl Mumford
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00
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Try setting boot-device=disk in the eeprom.


Allan Schweitz <allans@infosup.nl> wrote in article
<5rmuog$o06$1@news2.xs4all.nl>...
>  I recently got an old Sun Sparc 1 with Solaris on it. Stand alone it
boots
> fine but when I connect it to the network it tries to boot from the
network.
> How can I stop it booting from the network?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your advice.
> 
> Allan Schweitz
> allans@infosup.nl
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From: "Karl Mumford" <kmumford@ndsuk.com>
Subject: Re: How do I stop a Sparc 1 booting from the network?
Date: 1997/07/30
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