[ILUG] Installing Linux on SPARCclassic

[Cormac McClean]

Hi,

I have dug out one of the (now, sadly) defunct SPARCclassics and would
like
to install linux on it. (It's currently running Unix System V 4.0).

I am reading the www.ultralinux.org/faq but not having much experience
with
the Sparc station I am having some difficulty understanding what is
involved.
To install over the network (no crdom) the faq says

"The sequence to install Linux from the network is: 

        Add an entry for the new machine to the ARP/RARP cache. 
        Set up a TFTP server where the bootimage can be transferred
from. 
        Set up a fileserver where you can install the software from
(NFS, FTP etc). 

 Most distributions allow the client to boot via either an NFS mounted
root, or a network-loaded ramdisk. Also make sure that server and client
are allowed access to the services that
 are needed when your system is using tcp-wrappers."

What is ARP/RARP? TFTP?

I can either install from the internet, or via NFS to the CDROm in my PC
(assuming that
the SPARC install files are on the SuSe CDRoms, otherwise I'll dig out
the RedHat
5.2 CDRom and try that).

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards,
Cormac.