From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 15 11:26:36 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 7D42816A4CE for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.speakeasy.net (mail3.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6485243D1F for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:26:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 12345 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2004 19:26:35 -0000 Received: from dsl017-045-168.spk4.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 15 Feb 2004 19:26:35 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (bcncvk@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])i1FJQZ7Y033066; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:26:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i1FJQXSZ033065; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:26:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:26:33 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Stefan Bethke Message-ID: <20040215192633.GD85686@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Bethke , Andreas Sons , sparc64@freebsd.org References: <20040116072040.GA99497@blossom.cjclark.org> <00C23764-5FD8-11D8-AA39-000393496BE8@lassitu.de> <20040215184654.GB85686@funkthat.com> <59C9E6EC-5FE9-11D8-83C5-000393496BE8@lassitu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <59C9E6EC-5FE9-11D8-83C5-000393496BE8@lassitu.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html cc: Andreas Sons cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Solaris Jumpstart from FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:26:36 -0000 Stefan Bethke wrote this message on Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 20:01 +0100: > Am 15.02.2004 um 19:46 schrieb John-Mark Gurney: > > >Stefan Bethke wrote this message on Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 17:57 +0100: > >>One problem that I did need to solve: extract the data from a install > >>cd image. > > > >are you sure this is needed anymore? since phk put the cd drivers > >under geom, you should be able to see the partitions on the label if > >you have the geom_sunlabel module loaded... > > I had the problem a couple of months back, and all the servers I had > available at the time were -stable. Also note: I did not have physical > access to any CD drive, so I needed to get the necessary stuff out of > the image. If GEOM now allows one to mdconfig the image, and the > partitions are picked up automatically, all the better. ahh, mdconfig would of probably worked long before the cd worked... I was confused because I assumed that this work was being done on a sparc64 box, not some random other box that either isn't sparc64, or running FreeBSD-current... > A colleague of mine is currently setting up a -stable based JumpStart > server; I'll try to get him to post his experiences here... don't forget that you probably need to have a solaris license if you use it... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."