Network installation of 6.1.4 to a Sparc 2.

["Peter Easthope" <peter%easthope.ca@localhost>]

A terminal emulator is now connected via a serial line to the
Sparc 2 here.  Network installation of 6.1.4 proceeds until the
attempt to partition the disk gives "Status: openpty() failed".  These
lines in Debian Wheezy, server:/var/log/syslog, seem correct.

Aug  8 11:08:43 dalton rarpd[3896]: RARP request from 08:00:20:0e:84:78 on
DmzBel00bb74
Aug  8 11:08:43 dalton rarpd[3896]: RARP response to 08:00:20:0e:84:78
172.25.2.2 on DmzBel00bb74
Aug  8 11:08:45 dalton dnsmasq-tftp[3107]: sent /tftpboot/AC190202.SUN4C
to 172.25.2.2
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPDISCOVER(DmzBel00bb74)
08:00:20:0e:84:78
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPOFFER(DmzBel00bb74)
172.25.2.2 08:00:20:0e:84:78
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPDISCOVER(DmzBel00bb74)
08:00:20:0e:84:78
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPOFFER(DmzBel00bb74)
172.25.2.2 08:00:20:0e:84:78
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPREQUEST(DmzBel00bb74)
172.25.2.2 08:00:20:0e:84:78
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton dnsmasq-dhcp[3107]: DHCPACK(DmzBel00bb74)
172.25.2.2 08:00:20:0e:84:78 sparc2
Aug  8 11:08:49 dalton rpc.mountd[3981]: authenticated mount request from
172.25.2.2:1023 for /export/sparc2/root (/export/sparc2/root)

In http://pbraun.nethence.com/obsolete/software/netboot_sparc.html
Martin Husemann mentioned,
  ln -s netbsd-GENERIC.gz netbsd.gz
whereas http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.4/sparc/INSTALL.html
has only the unpacked netbsd.
# gunzip netbsd-GENERIC.gz
# mv netbsd-GENERIC /export/client/root/netbsd

Ideas?

Thanks,                       ... Peter E.

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