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Sun computer systems have a powerful, extensible architecture for bootstrap loading. All Sun systems use a common booting scheme that imposes no restrictions on which architectures may assist others in booting over a network. Because the booting scheme employs a two-layered design, the booting technology can evolve incrementally. Wherever possible, the bootstrap architecture employs standard network protocols. The bootstrap architecture accommodates booting from entirely local resources (e.g., a completely standalone system), booting entirely from a server located on a network (e.g., a completely diskless system), or from some combination of the two.
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Finlayson, Ross; Timothy Mann; Jeffrey Mogul; Marvin Theimer, A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, RFC 903, Network Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, June 1984.
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The bootstrap loading scheme employed by Sun systems is based on an idea first published in Finlayson, Ross, Bootstrap Loading Using TFTP, RFC 906, Network Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, June 1984.
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Gilligan, R.E. (1990). Network Bootstrap Loading. In: Hall, M., Barry, J. (eds) The Sun Technology Papers. Sun Technical Reference Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3334-3_14
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