Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:29:32 -0500 From: Joel Heikkila <jjheik@gmail.com> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: install via miniroot? Message-ID: <AANLkTinrNCSfuiQEP-RCYouzsFYpxVs7TWy1VJJP5Y-F@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello all, I recently got a nice older Ultrasparc machine and I'm interested in putting FreeBSD on it. It doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. I've tried every configuration imaginable to me but I've been unable to get the "standard" netboot approach (tftp the loader, then load kernel via NFS) to get past the NFS stage with FreeBSD. I managed to get Debian installed on it because Debian includes the kernel and a small root on the tftp install image. I then used a NetBSD miniroot image which let me install NetBSD successfully. So I'd like to know, is there a miniroot (an image dd'd over an existing partition to bootstrap an install) or similar way to install FreeBSD from a working Debian or NetBSD install? How would I go about that? I notice a miniroot.ufs.gz file in the release/miniroot directory, but when gunzip'd then dd'd over either the entire drive or a swap partition, Openboot objects, claiming it is not a valid executable. Thanks in advance!
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