From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 16:25:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FFE716A41F for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:25:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCDA143D46 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:25:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 18281 invoked by uid 510); 9 Sep 2005 16:26:09 +0100 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.86.2/1032. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-2.9/5.0):. Processed in 1.203257 secs); 09 Sep 2005 15:26:09 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-2.9/5.0):. Processed in 1.203257 secs Process 18274) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 9 Sep 2005 16:26:08 +0100 From: Robert Slade To: aaron.glenn@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <18f6019405090823086bdbd800@mail.gmail.com> References: <18f6019405090816202beaf583@mail.gmail.com> <20050908232230.GA48258@xor.obsecurity.org> <18f601940509082248503b2c48@mail.gmail.com> <20050909060034.GA48622@xor.obsecurity.org> <18f6019405090823086bdbd800@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1126279567.17953.2.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:26:08 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4 sparc64 netboot install? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:25:46 -0000 On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 07:08, Aaron Glenn wrote: > On 9/8/05, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:48:56PM -0700, Aaron Glenn wrote: > > > If you can point me to a resource I've overlooked, please do so. I > > > would greatly appreciate a hit with the cluestick on this one. > > > > You don't need a special bootloader any longer. Just use the standard > > one. > > > > Kris > > Fair enough, but that isn't mentioned or documented anywhere. Posting > to a mailing list is *always* a last resort; and yet I had to because > I could find nothing even remotely up to date on the subject. I've > continued to use FreeBSD for the past five years because of the > documentation. Why isn't the netboot installation method detailed > definitively somewhere? Is it simply because no one has updated the > previous one, or is there another reason? If it were supported, > shouldn't it be listed in the installation notes? > > aaron.glenn Try this: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/installation-ia64.html reachable from the home page - > installation notes _ > sparc64 Rob