Subject: port-sun3/6364: Minor bug in sun3x install docs
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <j.d.coleman@newcastle.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/26/1998 20:15:37
>Number: 6364
>Category: port-sun3
>Synopsis: (some) sun3x's ask for arch extension when tftp booting
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 26 12:20:00 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Julian
>Organization:
Computing Service, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
>Release: NetBSD-1.3.2
>Environment:
System: NetBSD calder 1.3.2 NetBSD 1.3.2 (GENERIC_SCSI3) #0: Sun May 10 23:24:39 MEST 1998 pk@flambard:/usr/src1/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC_SCSI3 sparc
>Description:
The sun3x install documentation mentions that the tftp boot filename
must be the IP address of the machine in hex (e.g. 8273900B). The
3/80 I tried to boot asked for a filename ipaddr.arch, like a Sun 4,
(i.e. 8273900B.SUN3X). Maybe this depends on the PROM revision - I
have rev 3.0
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot a Sun 3/80 diskless using the installation instructions.
>Fix:
*** INSTALL- Tue Jun 2 05:00:30 1998
--- INSTALL Mon Oct 26 20:13:28 1998
***************
*** 713,723 ****
Your Sun3x expects to be able to download a second stage bootstrap
program via TFTP after having acquired its IP address through RARP
when instructed to boot "over the net". It will look for a filename
! derived from the machine's IP address expressed in hexadecimal. For
! example, a sun3x which has been assigned IP address 130.115.144.11
! will make an TFTP request for `8273900B'. Normally, this file is a
! symbolic link to the NetBSD/sun3x "netboot" program, which should be
! located in a place where the TFTP daemon can find it (remember, many
TFTP daemons run in a chroot'ed environment). The netboot program
may be found in the install directory of this distribution.
--- 713,725 ----
Your Sun3x expects to be able to download a second stage bootstrap
program via TFTP after having acquired its IP address through RARP
when instructed to boot "over the net". It will look for a filename
! derived from the machine's IP address expressed in hexadecimal.
! Machines with later PROM revisions will append the machine architecture
! to the filename. For example, a sun3x which has been assigned IP
! address 130.115.144.11 will make an TFTP request for `8273900B' or
! `8273900B.SUN3X, depending on the PROM revision. Normally, this file
! is a symbolic link to the NetBSD/sun3x "netboot" program, which should
! be located in a place where the TFTP daemon can find it (remember, many
TFTP daemons run in a chroot'ed environment). The netboot program
may be found in the install directory of this distribution.
>Audit-Trail:
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