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List:       suse-sparc
Subject:    Rescue boot system for SuSE SPARC on an Ultra 2
From:       Lieven Buts <lieven () ultr ! vub ! ac ! be>
Date:       2002-01-17 15:56:19
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  Hello all,

  after successfully installing SuSE 7.3/SPARC on an Ultra2/Elite3D
box, I wanted to create a tftp network boot image as a kind of "rescue
system". I created a minimal system, based on BusyBox and added our
local backup/restore software. Details on how I made the image are
available at http://ultr.vub.ac.be/SciComp/sparclinux.html. The system
is inspired by Tom Fawcett's Bootdisk Howto.

  Booting from the image works, but for some reason the characters
I type only appear in groups of four. If I type "cat file", nothing
appears while I type "cat" and when I hit the spacebar, the string "cat
"
appears in one go. It probably has something to do with the terminal 
settings.

  Has anyone seen this behaviour before? Comments about the
rescue system are also welcome.

-- 
Lieven Buts
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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