From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 19:49:05 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 4199716A4CF for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:49:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (newtrinity.zeist.de [217.24.217.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE9F43D49 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:49:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iA5Jn3AZ026472; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:49:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iA5JmvBY026471; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:48:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:48:57 +0100 From: Marius Strobl To: joel Message-ID: <20041105204857.A25631@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <1099679884.24701.99.camel@joelf-ws.labs.corp.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1099679884.24701.99.camel@joelf-ws.labs.corp.yahoo.com>; from joel.flickinger@overture.com on Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:38:04AM -0800 X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1; AVE: 6.28.0.12; VDF: 6.28.0.56; host: newtrinity.zeist.de) cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tftp install loader 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: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:49:05 -0000 On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:38:04AM -0800, joel wrote: > I am looking for a loader to install over the net with tftp. I have not > been able to find one out there anywhere and I don't have a system > running that I can build one. Any ideas? All the links that I find to > loaders are bad links. I am wanting to install on a netra box. Thanks > for the help. > The loader of at least the recent FreeBSD/sparc64 install media support tftp. As I guess you already downloaded an ISO image or the distfiles to get a kernel etc. just mount the ISO image and copy the loader over to your tftp server or extract it from the base distribution files.