From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 23:59:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC55116A4CF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:59:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from etrn.xmission.com (etrn.xmission.com [198.60.22.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B578A43D1F for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:59:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from glewis.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.56.15] helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by etrn.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1B8x6K-0002Xg-RO; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:59:00 -0700 Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) i317ww5G082641; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 00:58:58 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i317wvlg082640; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 00:58:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 00:58:56 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Eric Schnoebelen Message-ID: <20040401075856.GA82498@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200404010327.i313RR3R009096@egsner.cirr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404010327.i313RR3R009096@egsner.cirr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooting FreeBSD/sparc64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 07:59:04 -0000 On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 09:27:27PM -0600, Eric Schnoebelen wrote: > Is it possible to network boot FreeBSD/sparc64? I've not been > able to find ay directions on the process (actually, the needed > files -- I know how to netboot sparc[64]'s.. :) I have a Ultra 10 which netboots FreeBSD (5.2), so the answer is yes :) > The closest thing I've come up with is the 5.0-DP1 installation > notes, but the loader files listed there are long gone of the > ftp site. I just unpacked the installation sets I wanted onto the NFS server I am using and then used the /boot/loader from that. Just copy it into /tftpboot and then point DHCP to it and you should be fine. You'll need to tweak things a little since sysinstall hasn't run obviously. Which reminds me, I should update to 5.2.1. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org