From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 06:58:55 2011 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 5A961106566C for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:58:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjheik@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43A08FC16 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so249093ewy.13 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:58:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=hhcOlcCDXWsF9rcnbp7pLfbm1bdtWfUx6CLAxMpBGp4=; b=oi/WgLo/318aKuP2dAinpt1M9zjdJsO27gBDMVKk9rfk8zu/JkydN+KojCD5AXLFZR oFa3sBRT7Qt7D+UQzjkMtJyMmGn7CHpuzhOMB7vGWcXqLxjN/Dh48MJBPtnzO+9JhOIZ wn7clx4AdRY5GGpTQnFvxi/3wrx/LMZbeXg28= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=fj1EwA4riljNclM6YgM/J2+n6NL4C4R3WnCvMbNPMpDioXK2D2x0oInc02SjqdlKT2 L2lJlmx1NKdx5en98GsC5IgfWkfLkJmcgLHRkNW1toCbVMn2vab2SETvm5q0mYjO3iMN oeaa0HgL9vN0Sus8mXYy8DSofvpEyeUwAKJn4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.13.16 with SMTP id z16mr438497ebz.45.1295418572721; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:29:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.25.139 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:29:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:29:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: Joel Heikkila To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: install via miniroot? 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: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:58:55 -0000 Hello all, I recently got a nice older Ultrasparc machine and I'm interested in putting FreeBSD on it. It doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. I've tried every configuration imaginable to me but I've been unable to get the "standard" netboot approach (tftp the loader, then load kernel via NFS) to get past the NFS stage with FreeBSD. I managed to get Debian installed on it because Debian includes the kernel and a small root on the tftp install image. I then used a NetBSD miniroot image which let me install NetBSD successfully. So I'd like to know, is there a miniroot (an image dd'd over an existing partition to bootstrap an install) or similar way to install FreeBSD from a working Debian or NetBSD install? How would I go about that? I notice a miniroot.ufs.gz file in the release/miniroot directory, but when gunzip'd then dd'd over either the entire drive or a swap partition, Openboot objects, claiming it is not a valid executable. Thanks in advance!