Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:33:53 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firmware update on Blade 1500 Message-ID: <20091204153353.GA52633@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0912041624160.7157@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de> References: <20091204145230.GA52366@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091204150929.GA52455@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <alpine.LNX.2.00.0912041624160.7157@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 04:29:50PM +0100, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > Hi, > > >maybe I can copy the file somewhere under /boot/kernel > >and pretend it's a kernel, and try to boot it? > > I am always netbooting the firmware file. Until now it worked for me (from > Ultra Sparc 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 and to Blade100). > I suppose it works also for Blade1500 but I never did it. > Maybe you give it a try. > > Just use your other FreeBSD machines as rarp + tftp server to deviler the > file. The file should be renamed (or linked) to it's hex IP equivalent. > tcpdump is your friend here! sorry, could you please elaborate or give a link, I'm not familiar with this. What's rarp? tftp? IP equivalent? maybe you got an example from your old netbooting? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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