From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 22 00:18:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B3916A402 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:18:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce@alaska.net) Received: from hermes.acsalaska.net (hermes.acsalaska.net [209.112.173.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961FD13C465 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:18:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce@alaska.net) Received: from [192.168.254.100] (216-67-9-97-cdsl-rb2.cwc.acsalaska.net [216.67.9.97]) by hermes.acsalaska.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3M02hIj079182; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:02:43 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from royce@alaska.net) Message-ID: <462AA670.40709@alaska.net> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:04:00 -0800 From: Royce Williams User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070326 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Didrik Madheden References: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACS-Spam-Status: no X-ACS-Scanned-By: MD 2.58; SA 3.1.7; spamdefang 1.119 Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting Sparc64 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: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:18:22 -0000 Didrik Madheden wrote, on 4/21/2007 3:12 PM: > I have a Sparc64 (SunBlade 100 to be precise) which I have some > problems booting. I got it from my university when they upgraded, so > there could possibly be something fishy with the boot settings. (Even > though I doubt that's the true problem) > I've tried burning a bootable FBSD (6.2 as well as 7.0) disc, which > the computer does not at all react to, even when doing [break], boot > cd. > So my hope now (and the question this mail is about) is to netboot the > sparc, and do the install that way. To my aid I have a working i386 > FBSD 6.2 box. > The one thing that I'm really missing now is the necessary bootstrap > to initiate the install process. I've found one out-of-date guide with > a non-working link to a bootstrap. > Generally I feel that there's a lack of consistent documentation on > the subject. I've googled to best of my abilities, but I'm not > satisfied. A push in the right direction, or possibly attention from > people who have successfully netbooted their Sparcs would be > appreciated. What guide are you following? It's been a few years, but here's the directory where I stashed the stuff that worked for me. http://www.alaska.net/~royce/freebsd/sparc64/nfsroot/2002/ Royce -- Royce D. Williams - IP Engineering, ACS personal: [first]@alaska.net - PGP: 3FC087DB/1776A531 work: [first.last]@acsalaska.net - http://www.tycho.org/royce/ "Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain." - Henry Ford