From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 15:28:35 2003 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 3546A37B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 15:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k6.locore.ca (k6.locore.ca [198.96.117.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6114243F85 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 15:28:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: from k6.locore.ca (localhost.locore.ca [127.0.0.1]) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4JMTKxw018299; Mon, 19 May 2003 18:29:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: (from jake@localhost) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4JMTJLC018298; Mon, 19 May 2003 18:29:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 18:29:19 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder To: Fred Clift Message-ID: <20030519222919.GA18282@locore.ca> References: <20030519133345.Y34980@irfcn.qzm.berz.irevb.arg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030519133345.Y34980@irfcn.qzm.berz.irevb.arg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usage of boot.flp 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: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:28:35 -0000 Apparently, On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 01:45:39PM -0600, Fred Clift said words to the effect of; > > I have a > > SPARCengine(tm)Ultra(tm) AXi (UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz), No Keyboard > OpenBoot 3.10.4 SME, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #10425614. > > > which I want to put FreeBSD 5.1-BETA on. I grabbed the boot.flp (a bit > over 4 MB), dropped it into my ftfp/rarp/bootparams server and made made > all the setup right afaik. > > The file is properly tftp'd when I 'boot net' and I get > > ... > Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@1,1 File and args: - > 404000 (this line counts up as it loads the file...) > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. > ... > > > Should I be doing something different with this? I was hoping not to have > to download and burn a CD... > > > Or am I just doing this wrong? Hm -- perhaps i should boot into my > network recovery shell and dd this over the first slice? I'm new to > FreeBSD on sparc64 - thanks for your patience and help. Yes. dd it to a slice and boot from that. Jake