Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:26:09 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@quasar.uvt.ro> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: firmware updating problems Message-ID: <20000420202609.A6499@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.1000420205753.10956A-100000@quasar.uvt.ro>; from ardelean@quasar.uvt.ro on Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 09:07:40PM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.1000420205753.10956A-100000@quasar.uvt.ro>
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On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 09:07:40PM +0300, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > I have (at our Univ) a DEC3000 Model400 and I'd like to install > FreeBSD on it. Beware that FreeBSD does not currently support the SCSI interface on DEC3000 series machines. It should be able to run diskless. See also the HARDWARE.TXT file for FreeBSD-4.0 and -current. > Looking with tcpdump on the boot server I see the following: > > 21:04:13.083134 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 (10:0:0:0:0:0) tell jad2.uvt.ro > 21:04:21.520591 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 (10:0:0:0:0:0) tell jad2.uvt.ro > 21:04:27.769809 arp who-has phys-ppp-gw.uvt.ro (f:0:0:0:0:0) tell > jad2.uvt.ro > 21:04:27.770060 arp reply phys-ppp-gw.uvt.ro is-at 0:0:c0:fe:b0:4a > 21:04:27.771579 jad2.uvt.ro.60581 > phys-ppp-gw.uvt.ro.tftp: 24 tftp-#0 > [tos 0x1] (ttl 30, id 2447, bad cksum c976!) > > (jad2.uvt.ro is the alpha machine and phys-ppp-gw is the PC acting like > BOOTP/TFTPD server) > > Here is the /etc/bootptab file contents: > > jad2:ht=ethernet:ha=08002b38be3a:hd=/:td=/tftboot:bf=m400_v7_0.btp:\ > :ds=193.226.14.33:dn=uvt.ro:gw=193.226.13.65:hn:\ > :ip=193.226.13.100:sm=255.255.255.192:bs=auto: What I've been using to boot FreeBSD on my DEC3000/40 is: sandpiper:\ :ht=ethernet:ha=08002B3C6145:\ :ip=192.168.200.19:sm=255.255.255.0:sa=192.168.200.22:\ :hd="/usr/sandpiper":bf=netboot:rp="192.168.200.22:/usr/sandpiper":vm=rfc1048: But I think there might be SRM firmware out there that just does not do the right thing to tftp. This might mean you need a CD to upgrade your firmware. W/ -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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