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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I install NetBSD on a Sparc? Date: 10 Apr 1997 15:24:22 -0700 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5ijpam$3je@cynic.portal.ca> References: <5ijimt$jd1$1@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Keywords: boot, install, floppy, network, netbsd, sparc1+ Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5791 In article <5ijimt$jd1$1@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>, Jason Mader <jasonq@seas.gwu.edu> wrote: >I setup the bootptab file on the Apollo with the directory, boot file and >hardware address of the Sparc1+. I make en entry in /etc/ethers and run >rarpd. I boot the Sparc1+ and in the prom monitor I type 'b le()netbsd'. >When rarpd is in debugging mode, it shows that it received an rarp packet, >but nothing else happens and the boot process eventually times out. Did you set up the /tftpboot directory with a boot file (or symlink pointing to a boot file) named after the IP address of the workstation in hex, containing the network boot program? cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.