From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 06:00:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D583716A41F for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 06:00:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F3B643D46 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 06:00:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j8960b0r014619 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Sep 2005 02:00:37 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j8960a6P010780; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 02:00:37 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8C5EF5153F; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 02:00:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 02:00:35 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Aaron Glenn Message-ID: <20050909060034.GA48622@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <18f6019405090816202beaf583@mail.gmail.com> <20050908232230.GA48258@xor.obsecurity.org> <18f601940509082248503b2c48@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18f601940509082248503b2c48@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4 sparc64 netboot install? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:00:38 -0000 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:48:56PM -0700, Aaron Glenn wrote: > On 9/8/05, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >=20 > > Why do you think it's no longer supported? You can certainly install > > sparc machines by netbooting them. > >=20 > > Kris >=20 > Partly because there is nothing in the handbook[1], release notes[2], > or installation notes[3] for sparc64 about it. And mostly because the > development directory for sparc64 is currently barren[4]. Like I > mentioned in my original message, the only information I can find > about a netboot install is a very outdated 5.0-CURRENT text that links > to bootloader files that no longer exist. >=20 > If you can point me to a resource I've overlooked, please do so. I > would greatly appreciate a hit with the cluestick on this one. You don't need a special bootloader any longer. Just use the standard one. Kris --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDISUCWry0BWjoQKURAulOAKD4PpIRKevGs+JaL7pckA1D6IbZ5QCgqSXZ FUyOatsM0krcH/VI3TevuHU= =7PJf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--