From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 13:26:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 855C116A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:26:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail2.swebase.com (mail2.swebase.com [213.80.38.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F6943D5A for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:26:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nocturnal@swehack.se) Received: from [127.0.0.1] by mail2.swebase.com (MDaemon.PRO.v8.0.1.R) with ESMTP id md50001430019.msg for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:25:22 +0200 Message-ID: <426E413B.4020701@swehack.se> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:25:15 +0200 From: nocturnal User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: sv, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Processed: mail2.swebase.com, Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:25:22 +0200 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-MDRemoteIP: 213.80.36.113 X-Return-Path: nocturnal@swehack.se X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: How to install FreeBSD on headless UltraSPARC-II X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:26:57 -0000 Hi I have an ultrasparc here with debian linux, it was installed quite some time ago so no one here remembers the password. The machine has no floppy or monitor. I've managed to connect to it through a serial null modem cable and i can see the boot process but i don't know the linux password so i can't login after it's booted, it wont boot from any cd and as i have no monitor i don't know if there is some kinda bios option for that before the things i see through the serial cable connection. I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 on it, my boss says he installed linux on it using a tftp bootimage and booting over the network or something like that. I can't find any good links for this and the ones i find i don't understand so thats why i was wondering if anyone here could help me. These are the resources i've found so far. http://sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Unix/Linux/Splack/sparc/splack-8.0/BOOTING.TXT http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.0-Manual/install-guide/doc123.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/1999/02/msg00065.html -- Med vänliga hälsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [Swehack] http://swehack.se