Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:16:01 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/sparc64 install document active in -CURRENT Message-ID: <20020314161601.GL90154@nathan.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: <200203141555.g2EFtun61009@bmah.dyndns.org> References: <200203140543.g2E5hek56478@bmah.dyndns.org> <20020314131849.GJ90154@nathan.ruhr.de> <200203141555.g2EFtun61009@bmah.dyndns.org>
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:55:56AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> > And a note that older OpenBoot versions do not support DHCP correctly
> > and that you should update your OpenBoot firmware if you have mysterios
> > DHCP problems cannot hurt, either.
>
> [snip]
>
> > PS: On second thought, make that a note that you should have the
> > most current version of the OpenBoot firmware, period. Even if
> > some firmware updates (most notably those for the Netra T1 AC
> > 100/105) are only available for customers with a support contract.
>
> It sounds like you have more experience with this than I...I'd say
> either run it past some sparc64 developers or if if this is something
> obvious that doesn't need checking, go ahead and fix it.
I prefer to run it past the crowd on freebsd-sparc in any because
I do not know much basic stuff they want in the installation docs.
Right now, this kind of notice is probably not neccessary as anybody
who works with OpenBoot on a regular basis knows about the problems.
> (Ditto for the IP/Ethernet address thing in the BOOTP/DHCP section.)
Same one for this one.
/s/Udo
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