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<H2><A NAME="s13">13. Installing Linux</A></H2>
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<P>To install Linux on a SPARC based computer, should be strightforward
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if you follow the informations provided by your distribution.
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<P>To boot from a floppy drive you have to have an install image on a
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floppy disk and to issue the <CODE>boot floppy</CODE> from the OpenBoot.
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<P>If your computer does not have a CDROM or a floppy drive, you can always try
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to perform a network installation using <CODE>NFS</CODE> as explained by
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this French document:
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/sparc-install/Sparc-netinstall.html">http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/sparc-install/Sparc-netinstall.html</A>
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. Basicaly, you have to set up an <CODE>NFS</CODE> server and to boot your
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computer using the
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<CODE>boot net vmlinux nfsroot=192.168.52.12:/tmp</CODE>
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in order to access the image that is exported by the
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<CODE>192.168.52.12</CODE> computer on the <CODE>/tmp</CODE> directory.
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Another source of information, this one is written in English,
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is this FAQ from the UltraLinux website (
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<A HREF="http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_5_9">http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_5_9</A>
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