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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!agate!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netix!netix!not-for-mail From: crn@netix.org.uk (C. Newport) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on old SPARCS Date: 29 Jul 1996 01:13:32 -0000 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4th37s$jkq@netix.telecall.co.uk> References: <4td9p3$gc9@entrenet.entrenet.com> <4tea20$gm3@netix.telecall.co.uk> <4tfqkl$gvh@news.lth.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: netix.telecall.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: netix.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Peter Svensson (petersv@merlin.df.lth.se) wrote: : In article <4tea20$gm3@netix.telecall.co.uk>, : C. Newport <crn@netix.org.uk> wrote: : >Have you got bootpd running ? : You do not use bootpd to boot a sparc, you use bootparams. They are two : different protocols. : You also need an rarp server (see man rarp) and an tftp-server. Yup, I was trying to establish exactly what he is doing so we can try to see what the problem is. I have seen systems trying to run both <B-(. Note that his Linux server must have the kernel rebuilt with RARP enabled, it is not there by default. Using Linux as a boot server can be a bit of a black art, not least because the NAG does it's best to vague on this. From his initial fault description it looks like tftp is nobbled by a wrapper. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Newport, The Netix Consultancy, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK. crn@netix.org.uk | crn@netix.telecall.co.uk | crn@netix.demon.co.uk In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ( big bang theory ).