Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:04:00 -0800 From: Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> To: Didrik Madheden <didrik@kth.se> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting Sparc64 Message-ID: <462AA670.40709@alaska.net> In-Reply-To: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com> References: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com>
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Didrik Madheden wrote, on 4/21/2007 3:12 PM: > I have a Sparc64 (SunBlade 100 to be precise) which I have some > problems booting. I got it from my university when they upgraded, so > there could possibly be something fishy with the boot settings. (Even > though I doubt that's the true problem) > I've tried burning a bootable FBSD (6.2 as well as 7.0) disc, which > the computer does not at all react to, even when doing [break], boot > cd. > So my hope now (and the question this mail is about) is to netboot the > sparc, and do the install that way. To my aid I have a working i386 > FBSD 6.2 box. > The one thing that I'm really missing now is the necessary bootstrap > to initiate the install process. I've found one out-of-date guide with > a non-working link to a bootstrap. > Generally I feel that there's a lack of consistent documentation on > the subject. I've googled to best of my abilities, but I'm not > satisfied. A push in the right direction, or possibly attention from > people who have successfully netbooted their Sparcs would be > appreciated. What guide are you following? It's been a few years, but here's the directory where I stashed the stuff that worked for me. http://www.alaska.net/~royce/freebsd/sparc64/nfsroot/2002/ Royce -- Royce D. Williams - IP Engineering, ACS personal: [first]@alaska.net - PGP: 3FC087DB/1776A531 work: [first.last]@acsalaska.net - http://www.tycho.org/royce/ "Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain." - Henry Ford
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