Although FAI is architecture independent, there are some packages which are only available for certain architectures (e.g. silo, sparc-utils). SUN SPARC computers can boot from their boot prompt and don't need a boot floppy. To boot a SUN use:
boot net:dhcp - ip=::::::dhcp
You have to convert the kernel image from ELF format to a.out format. Use the
program elftoaout
(mentioned in the FAQ). The symlink to the
kernel image to be booted is not the host name. Look at the FAQ at
http://www.ultralinux.org
for more information and
http://www.sparc-boot.org/
. . A success report is available at
http://www.opossum.ch/
fai/
and a HOWTO and a lot
of examples can be found at http://toolbox.rutgers.edu/
~amurphy/fai
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FAI Guide (Fully Automatic Installation)
Version 2.4.2, 17 feb 2004 for FAI version 2.5.3lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de