From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 3 15:40:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org 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 EDC5D16A41F for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:40:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njriley@shrug.csl.uiuc.edu) Received: from shrug.csl.uiuc.edu (shrug.csl.uiuc.edu [130.126.137.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D2143D48 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:40:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njriley@shrug.csl.uiuc.edu) Received: from shrug.csl.uiuc.edu (njriley@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shrug.csl.uiuc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k03FeknR042242; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:40:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from njriley@shrug.csl.uiuc.edu) Received: (from njriley@localhost) by shrug.csl.uiuc.edu (8.13.4/8.12.11/Submit) id k03FekbA042241; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:40:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from njriley) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:40:46 -0600 From: Nicholas Riley To: "Bruce O'Neel" Message-ID: <20060103154046.GC40204@uiuc.edu> References: <20060103013246.GB34161@uiuc.edu> <20060103142149.3311c15b@blackdog.umbrella.net> <20060103143746.GA40204@uiuc.edu> <20060103152402.GB40204@uiuc.edu> <20060103153541.GA458@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060103153541.GA458@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS install writability on Netra t1 105 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:40:48 -0000 On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 03:35:41PM +0000, Bruce O'Neel wrote: > Hi, > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:24:02AM -0600, Nicholas Riley wrote: > > > I've seen several reports of people actually using the FreeBSD > > installer on sparc64 (albeit in 5.x versions); is it supposed to work > > still? > > Do you mean installing on a local disk? That does work, I did it > last week after booting the CD-ROM. Yes, I do mean installing on a local disk. Nothing exotic, I'm just attempting to use the installer over NFS because there's no local CD-ROM. > I've never tried installing on a nfs disk, I just untarred the > assorted bits from the cdrom on the nfs server. Indeed, I guess I could network boot the thing, but I'd rather not leave the disks unused :) -- Nicholas Riley |