From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 20:17:23 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BF70E25 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:17:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from lamora.getmail.no (lamora.getmail.no [84.210.184.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E8E7D8 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lamora.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id F32D2E0533 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lamora.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lamora.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id hi4bS7Ancy1e for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lamora.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B6ADE054B for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.4 lamora.getmail.no 7B6ADE054B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=getmail.no; s=8A9C8B4C-D727-11E2-8095-B6466E6B3FA2; t=1432843789; bh=dxxS5AlDoUtVDLVCxV9rK2qzHnvnozYM3PLdA/THeaE=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Mime-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=xNF0LlB6QpQlra9EYR7cei9s2ayz7xdrPi8rauB9KiaqdfukOwBUr/cfRs3epv0TD LLkcLooDaHRS6w9bPqqlExIILK0hpkKtzLCNfA739MSnd0z527BzYQ8bp4amnAs/Kn K1Ci9JW5s+rjgob8O8fC6X7E6pj+tr+uWeo2gL+0= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lamora.get.c.bitbit.net Received: from lamora.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lamora.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id CEIrC4xDgGtc for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-core1.kg4.no (cm-84.215.180.206.getinternet.no [84.215.180.206]) by lamora.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5BC8CE0533 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 22:09:49 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: netboot vs. PXE (Was: ) Message-Id: <20150528220949.6109415fb5a0a4890e1bba98@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <1432801667.8486.YahooMailBasic@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1432801667.8486.YahooMailBasic@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.2 (GTK+ 2.24.27; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 20:17:23 -0000 On Thu, 28 May 2015 01:27:47 -0700 Daniel Rudy wrote: > > I've been using FreeBSD extensively since 3.2 on i386 hardware. However, this is my first foray into a different platform. I'm finding out that I need to do a PXE boot of the machine to install FreeBSD, > but the sparc install DVD doesn't have the pxeboot program. This machine does not have a CD/DVD drive or even USB ports. So how do I install FreeBSD onto this machine? > I was following the procedure here: http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_with_netboot FWIW, netboot and PXE boot are different implementations of the same idea. Real server class hardware (in general Unix as an operating system and not Intel architecure) has had netboot for ages now. Gernerally, you don't need pxeboot on this type of machine. HTH -- Torfinn Ingolfsen