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Re: sparc IPX can't boot from floppy

To: Andrew Basterfield <list@lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: sparc IPX can't boot from floppy
From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:59:31 -0800 (PST)
Cc: Gavin Li <bsdlist@yahoo.com>, <misc@openbsd.org>

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Andrew Basterfield wrote:

> If you can net boot NetBSD then you can net boot OpenBSD.

not true, at least, on the IPX. there are a few problems with the sun4c
architecture, that prevent booting. these cropped up in 3.0, and still
exist in the latest snapshots. to the best of my knowledge, they have not
been solved.

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