From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 15:21:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80971065670 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 15:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 879BC8FC08 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 15:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OVnUb-0007Mz-Td; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:21:58 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1OVnUb-0004M4-QG; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:21:57 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o65FLv16095972; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:21:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o65FLvrS095971; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:21:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:21:57 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Narciso Martinez Message-ID: <20100705152157.GA95950@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NetBoot Install Sparc64 Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:21:59 -0000 On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 04:31:32PM +0200, Narciso Martinez wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to net install in Sparc64 (Sun Enterprise 250 without cd-rom). > > I've read a lot of post in this list and other guides in Internet but > I have some ideas not very clear. > > I have a Ubuntu server with BOOTP, RARP and TFTP to install in Sparc64 server. not sure about Ubuntu, but from another FreeBSD box: http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/freebsd/sparc64/firmware-update These are the guidelines I followed to update firmware via ntpboot. I think the same should be used for normal boot/install. As far as I understand you only need rarpd and tftpd. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423