From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 20:37:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5BB33A92 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) Received: from alln-iport-5.cisco.com (alln-iport-5.cisco.com [173.37.142.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher IDEA-CBC-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "alln-iport.cisco.com", Issuer "HydrantID SSL ICA G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BF89C77 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cisco.com; i=@cisco.com; l=1614; q=dns/txt; s=iport; t=1432845458; x=1434055058; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:references:in-reply-to: content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=QYH0IpKeMHPMvT/1wrFy/BlBXghZ9bJjMuE0cdMi0Ew=; b=IaNnC7i1iqmKAorr8ZpB/5fcwvNj6rSvwz+q8qdETbLsEzTN8uvusoWP 1DHnV0c+sbzM5YxK+GWTaTBqKdw+P9czmmD49xudj792AGvvD3ey07/ae HMjnFj2iM+hgzO6jxlFQpenJHaZhz92w/+J7nU5xDfScceqwswURJ/2UI 0=; X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0ACBAANfGdV/5pdJa1CGoMQVF4GvRBmCYFQCoUtSgKBTTgUAQEBAQEBAYEKhCIBAQEDAQEBATcUIBsCAQgRBAEBCxQQJwEJAR0IAgQBBwcEAQcVBIgECA061TUBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEXi0OENAEBBRo4gxeBFgWTCIQ1hB6EI5VII2GDF28BBgx5OoEBAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,514,1427760000"; d="scan'208";a="154296322" Received: from rcdn-core-3.cisco.com ([173.37.93.154]) by alln-iport-5.cisco.com with ESMTP; 28 May 2015 20:37:36 +0000 Received: from xhc-aln-x07.cisco.com (xhc-aln-x07.cisco.com [173.36.12.81]) by rcdn-core-3.cisco.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t4SKbahq025318 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL); Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:36 GMT Received: from xmb-aln-x05.cisco.com ([169.254.11.135]) by xhc-aln-x07.cisco.com ([173.36.12.81]) with mapi id 14.03.0195.001; Thu, 28 May 2015 15:37:36 -0500 From: "Brian McGovern (bmcgover)" To: Torfinn Ingolfsen , "freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org" Subject: RE: netboot vs. PXE (Was: ) Thread-Topic: netboot vs. PXE (Was: ) Thread-Index: AQHQmSCX7KzyyNeMr0WSRhe6LiQl5p2SJhCA//+zlXo= Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:35 +0000 Message-ID: <9188C39BA10D2744B38454F26774E1B83115C7EF@xmb-aln-x05.cisco.com> References: <1432801667.8486.YahooMailBasic@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, <20150528220949.6109415fb5a0a4890e1bba98@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <20150528220949.6109415fb5a0a4890e1bba98@getmail.no> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [161.44.74.49] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:38 -0000 Is it a fairly recent Sun box that supports DHCP? If so, you should be able= to get it up on the network, tftp the kernel, then mount an NFS filesystem= to do the install. -B ________________________________________ From: owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org [owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org]= on behalf of Torfinn Ingolfsen [torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:09 PM To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: netboot vs. PXE (Was: ) On Thu, 28 May 2015 01:27:47 -0700 Daniel Rudy wrote: > > I've been using FreeBSD extensively since 3.2 on i386 hardware. However,= this is my first foray into a different platform. I'm finding out that I = need to do a PXE boot of the machine to install FreeBSD, > but the sparc install DVD doesn't have the pxeboot program. This machine= does not have a CD/DVD drive or even USB ports. So how do I install FreeB= SD onto this machine? > I was following the procedure here: http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/= Installing_FreeBSD_with_netboot FWIW, netboot and PXE boot are different implementations of the same idea. Real server class hardware (in general Unix as an operating system and not = Intel architecure) has had netboot for ages now. Gernerally, you don't need pxeboot on this type of machine. HTH -- Torfinn Ingolfsen _______________________________________________ freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"