Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:22:20 +0200 From: "Didrik Madheden" <didrik@kth.se> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting Sparc64 Message-ID: <6d7d37410704241622h3bee70bck39a8dce165aa451d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6d7d37410704241621q1da5c653xec7ac0120783f660@mail.gmail.com> References: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com> <oqfy6tl1t8.fsf@castrovalva.Ivy.NET> <6d7d37410704211742p2340707cpf27fd280a2d0f353@mail.gmail.com> <oq7is4lwby.fsf@castrovalva.Ivy.NET> <6d7d37410704241621q1da5c653xec7ac0120783f660@mail.gmail.com>
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A little status report. rarp and tftp is now working correctly, and so
it did more or less from the start. What I did wrong was that I
created a directory called C0A80145 rather than a file, and put loader
in it. It was when I browsed a man pag, saw something about
/var/log/xferlog and checked that file that I realized my mistake.
So now I've succeeded in getting the bootstrap to load on the Sparc.
Here's my output.
=3D=3D=3D
36e00 Consoles: Open Firmware console
FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0
(root@s-dallas.cse.buffalo.edu, Fri Jan 12 08:25:13 UTC 2007)
bootpath=3D"/pci@1f,0/network@c,1"
boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:08:1c:11
net_open: server addr: 0.0.0.0
net_open: server path: /
\
=3D=3D=3D
Perhaps it's worth mentioning that I'm connecting over a serial link
rather than using a keyboard and a screen, which means that I maybe
miss some information. Generally, is it possible to do administer an
installation over a serial link, until I can get an sshd up?
So it seems I need to somehow tell the bootstrap where to connect. The
problem is how...
On 4/22/07, Miles Nordin <carton@ivy.net> wrote:
> dm> Also, another problem is that I'm using my router for DHCP,
>
> ok? problem?
I suspect the way to tell the bootstrap where to look is through these
lines, right?
> host amber {
> fixed-address amber;
> hardware ethernet 08:00:20:01:02:03;
> option root-path "69.31.131.61:/export/nboot/amber";
> }
The problem is I don't have a clue where to put these lines. If they
should given to the DHCP server, then I have a problem, since my
router is pretty much a cheapo thing without advanced options. That's
the (possible) problem I was referring to. (There seems to be a better
interface than the web interface when telnetting to it, but I don't
know how to use that interface properly.)
I can also mention what I've done on the NFS side on the boot server.
I've created /usr/sunboot, put all the files from the ISO image's
/boot/ in that dir. I added this line to /etc/exports:
/usr/sunboot -ro -maproot=3Droot -network 192.168.1.69 -mask 255.25=
5.255.0
which I then confirmed with showmount -e.
So, what now?
/Didrik Madheden
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