Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:42:19 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: Restructuring of sparc installation guide Message-ID: <20020409204219.GP51146@nathan.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: <20020409014108.I199@locore.ca> References: <20020409045627.GO51146@nathan.ruhr.de> <20020409014108.I199@locore.ca>
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Hi, [keeping not really doc-related stuff to -sparc] On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:41:08AM -0400, Jake Burkholder wrote: > The kernel is called kernel-nfsroot.bz2 for netbooting. The iso > is named by date and gets updated from time to time, so just pointing > to the directory is probably ok; maybe add a note to get the latest one. which brings me to another point: I'm still trying to install 'my' E450. The big problem is that I cannot use NFS during the installation (political thing). According to the installation docs, the following should be possible: a) slap CD-ROM with rootfs into the drive b) go to console and type boot net c) retrieve loader via tftp d) have loader retrieve kernerl via tftp e) mount fs from cd The problem I have is point d). As soon as the box has finished laoding the loader, it starts to send packets to 255.255.255.255.rpc. This does smell like NFS to me. Additionally, according to the docs, there should be a loader-tftp within ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/sparc64. The only loaders I see are loader-nfs and loader-disk. Is it neccessary to change the docs and to deny that you can use tftp to retrieve your kernel or can somebody cough up the loader-tftp? /s/Udo -- After the night I've had, on top of the year that I've had, what I really want is a nice vile kill. But since that's currently off the menu, I'll have to settle for a few stiff drinks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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