Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 02:26:29 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 1: upgrade OpenBoot? Message-ID: <20041101022629.08e68046.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20041031140157.GA2722@fasolt.home.paeps.cx> References: <20041030104546.69867aef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20041031140157.GA2722@fasolt.home.paeps.cx>
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:01:57 +0100 Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> wrote: > It's fairly simple. You'll need to set up rarp and tftp on some other > machine on the network. Just add something like '172.16.2.123 sunbox' > to your hosts file, and map the mac address of the box to that ip > address in /etc/ethers. > > Stick the firmware file into /tftpboot, and call it 'ip-in-hex'. Just > run rarpd and inetd (uncomment tftpd) and 'boot net' the Ultra. Done > :-) You were right, and this worked. :-) Thanks! I have written a short article about how to do it here: http://geekinfo.net/article.php?story=20041101004514224 In case anyone needs this info in the future. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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