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Date:      Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:21:57 +0100
From:      Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        Narciso Martinez <narcotico@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NetBoot Install Sparc64 Problems
Message-ID:  <20100705152157.GA95950@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin2bBMkYIYecrYqG9lPLm_5VdTNiwfV5TdAmOPS@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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