Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 13:35:56 -0500 From: Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb boot on sparc Message-ID: <20190104183556.GI4879@westeros.distal.com> In-Reply-To: <f9ba0304-1d9a-909a-ce7f-0b27ef8db638@FreeBSD.org> References: <1473509640.52137.1546608468246.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <3c1b0d6a-73c8-0d5f-8ded-cdd6f6fb16e6@FreeBSD.org> <1900557479.52205.1546616498464.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <f9ba0304-1d9a-909a-ce7f-0b27ef8db638@FreeBSD.org>
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Additionally, if netboot or pre-loaded disk doesn't work, I've resorted to
opening up the machine and stringing a CD-ROM drive borrowed from elsewhere
for the purposes of just getting it loaded. Your milage may vary.
- Chris
On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 11:22:50AM -0500, Kurt Lidl wrote:
> Well, you can netboot the host, assuming you have control of some other
> host on the same network segment. It's a little fiddly to setup, but
> not impossible.
>
> Or, you could get a disk image of an already installed machine, and just
> 'dd' that onto a disk that could be inserted into the machine you want
> to run on.
>
> If you only have the single sparc64 machine, and no other host to help
> you get it installed, you are probably out of luck.
>
> -Kurt
>
> On 1/4/19 10:41 AM, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote:
> > Ok, and if a device has no cdrom how can i boot the installer?
> >
> >
> > ----- Oryginalna wiadomość -----
> > Od: "Kurt Lidl" <lidl@FreeBSD.org>
> > Do: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
> > Wysłane: piątek, 4 styczeń 2019 16:14:48
> > Temat: Re: usb boot on sparc
> >
> > On 1/4/19 8:27 AM, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote:
> >> I am trying to install FreeBSD on sparc64. Is there a way to boot Sun Fire v125 or higher server via usb?
> >> Or is the netboot and cdrom the only way
> >
> > None of the models of sparc64 that FreeBSD runs on are capable of
> > booting off the USB ports.
> >
> > After you get FreeBSD installed, the ports work fine. Although slow, as
> > they are USB 1.1.
> >
> > -Kurt
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