From owner-freebsd-sparc Thu Mar 14 8:20:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ruhr.de (in-ruhr4.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EBDA37B435 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:19:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 4240 invoked by uid 10); 14 Mar 2002 16:19:53 -0000 Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.ruhr.de (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g2EGG1q16008; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:16:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ue) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:16:01 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: "Bruce A. Mah" 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> Mail-Followup-To: "Bruce A. Mah" , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org References: <200203140543.g2E5hek56478@bmah.dyndns.org> <20020314131849.GJ90154@nathan.ruhr.de> <200203141555.g2EFtun61009@bmah.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200203141555.g2EFtun61009@bmah.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- There's more than one way to skin a cat: Way number 32 -- Wrap it around a lonely frat man's pecker. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message