Subject: Re: Netbooting NetBSD/sparc
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Sean Davis <erplefoo@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/27/2004 19:23:55
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:11:15 -0400, Sean Davis <erplefoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:58:55 +0200, Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:57:24PM -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
> > > I think I found the problem. "sparcbook1.endersgame.net" is too long -
> > > I changed it to "sparcbook1", it got "sparcbook" from dhcp, but got
> > > the root-path. it's installing now.
> >

Erp, sorry, I was mistaken. I put in "sparcbook", not "sparcbook1".
Typo on my part. So it appears the sun netboot stuff doesn't like an
FQDN there?

> > Ouch - could you please tcpdump -vvvv with the broken version and see
> > if this is a dhcpd or ofwboot issue and then file a PR?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> 
> I will definetly do that once I get these things up and running. In
> the meantime, does anybody know what the equivalent of stop-a is on a
> sparcbook? (read: how the hell do I get to openboot so I can install
> over solaris? :P)
> 
> I guess I could pull the scsi drive so it can't find it to boot from
> and then tell it to rescan...
> 
> --
> Sean
> 


-- 
Sean