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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!netaxs.com!grr From: grr@shandakor.tharsis.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Sparc 1+ diskless boot problem. Date: 9 May 1997 01:07:06 GMT Organization: George's Pet Unix System Lines: 28 Message-ID: <slrn5n4u48.ah.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> References: <5ktg8p$nnh@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: robbins.jvnc.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5912 In article <5ktg8p$nnh@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca>, Robert Ford wrote: >I am trying to do a diskless boot of NetBSD-1.2 on a SparcStation 1+ with >8MB RAM. The server is a Linux 2.0.10. > >I believe that the tftp server is running fine. I have added the appropriate >rarp and rap entries. The Linux machine is named grover and the sparc is >named oscar. >>17:13:48.184213 rarp reply 8:0:20:9:a:e2 at oscar.mta.ca >>17:13:48.234213 oscar.mta.ca.1023 > 255.255.255.255.sunrpc: udp 96 (ttl 4, id 0) > >Does anyone have any suggestions or remarks about what I have not configured >correctly? At about that point, your system has found out what it's name and internet address are supposed to be, then it's broadcasting a bootparam request to see if there's anyone that has bootstrap, kernel and root images for a system by that name. You should make sure that you have a bootparamd up and that things are set up for the next level of bootstrapping. Review the setup info in the installation notes, the netbsd diskless man page (if there is one) and any relevant linux documentation. This is one of those things that is never easy the first time, you just have to work though it carefully. -- George Robbins - not working for, work: to be avoided at all costs... but still emotionally attached to: web: http://www.netaxs.com/people/grr Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@tharsis.com