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On 1/4/19 8:27 AM, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote:
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on sparc64. Is there a way to boot Sun Fire v125 or higher server via usb?
> Or is the netboot and cdrom the only way

None of the models of sparc64 that FreeBSD runs on are capable of 
booting off the USB ports.

After you get FreeBSD installed, the ports work fine.  Although slow, as 
they are USB 1.1.

-Kurt