From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 16:34:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A04106566B for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AA3F8FC13 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NGb6u-0003h8-9w; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:34:27 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NGb6t-0004dp-MD; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:34:24 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB4GYNCL052949; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:34:23 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB4GYNVv052948; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:34:23 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:34:23 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Gheorghe Ardelean Message-ID: <20091204163423.GA52937@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091204145230.GA52366@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091204150929.GA52455@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091204153353.GA52633@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firmware update on Blade 1500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:34:28 -0000 On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 05:13:42PM +0100, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > 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? > > please add to /etc/rc.conf > inetd_enable="YES" > than edit /etc/inetd.conf and enable tftp (there are 2 entries in that > file one for IPv4 and one for IPv6) after that /etc/rc.d/inetd start > > write down the MAC of your Blade1500 and add an entry to /etc/ethers > something like: > > xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc blade1500 > > and add a line to /etc/hosts containing the mapping of the blade1500 > hostname (see ethers) to ir's IP. Eg: > > 192.168.1.13 blade1500 > > after this is done start the RARP daemon. I am always doing it like this: > > rarpd -adfsv I get this error: # rarpd -adfsv /dev/bpf0: No such file or directory # Shall I rebuild the kernel with bpf enabled? 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