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Date:      Thu, 01 Apr 2004 12:50:46 +0200
From:      Harti Brandt <harti@freebsd.org>
To:        Eric Schnoebelen <eric@cirr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: netbooting FreeBSD/sparc64?
Message-ID:  <406BF406.6060400@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200404010327.i313RR3R009096@egsner.cirr.com>
References:  <200404010327.i313RR3R009096@egsner.cirr.com>

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Eric Schnoebelen wrote:

> Is it possible to network boot FreeBSD/sparc64?  I've not been
> able to find ay directions on the process (actually, the needed
> files -- I know how to netboot sparc[64]'s.. :)
> 
> The closest thing I've come up with is the 5.0-DP1 installation
> notes, but the loader files listed there are long gone of the
> ftp site.

I'm running an U1 diskless. You basically need to setup rarp 
(etc/ethers), dhcp and tftp. For tftp copy the sparc loader into the
tftp directory with the appropriate name (IP address).

harti



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