Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:42:11 +0200 From: "Didrik Madheden" <didrik@kth.se> To: "Miles Nordin" <carton@ivy.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting Sparc64 Message-ID: <6d7d37410704211742p2340707cpf27fd280a2d0f353@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <oqfy6tl1t8.fsf@castrovalva.Ivy.NET> References: <6d7d37410704211612u712d29ebl4722232ce8d0111d@mail.gmail.com> <oqfy6tl1t8.fsf@castrovalva.Ivy.NET>
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That seems pretty straightforward, I'll try it out. Thank you. But there's one more problem (Please forgive my ignorance, but everybody has a first time) I don't really know how to manage NFS. I should probably read a guide and so on, but maybe you (Or someone) could give a quick guide on how to set up a share? Also, another problem is that I'm using my router for DHCP, is there any way of doing this without giving extra options via DHCP? I could perhaps solve it some other way, but given the hardware I possess, it'd be easier if this could be solved without using a DHCP server on a box. On 4/22/07, Miles Nordin <carton@ivy.net> wrote: > >>>>> "dm" =3D=3D Didrik Madheden <didrik@kth.se> writes: > > dm> A push in the right direction, > > set up RARP and TFTP on the boot server. Put /boot/loader onto the > TFTP server and name it after your machine's IP address in hex, in all > caps, such as '0A64648E' for 10.100.100.142. > > When you type 'boot net' at the ok prompt, OpenPROM will do RARP, and > then TFTP for that filename to whatever IP answered the RARP lookup. > > When /boot/loader gets control, it will call back to OpenPROM for > access to the network chip and console. It will use DHCP. Set up > DHCP on some machine, and use 'options root-path' to point > /boot/loader to the root filesystem. ex.: > > host amber { > fixed-address amber; > hardware ethernet 08:00:20:01:02:03; > option root-path "69.31.131.61:/export/nboot/amber"; > } > > /boot/loader will read all the other /boot/... stuff it needs over > NFS, so make an NFS share for it. Use '-maproot=3Droot' in the exports > file on the NFS server. > > Don't use bootparams at all. > > RARP and TFTP must run on the same machine. DHCP can run on a > different machine if you like. The NFS server can be a third machine. > > /Didrik Madheden -----BEGIN 2ROT13 MESSAGE----- Low Bitrate Netlabel: <http://f-label.tojt.net/> Electronic music forum: <http://oxo-unlimited.com/forums> S=E4tt p=E5 ett par flipflops, vippa p=E5 rumpan och g=F6r det h=E4r till en minnesv=E4rd sommar! -----END 2ROT13 MESSAGE-----
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