Hi Paul. From the client side, just boot net:dhcp. However, you need to set up an install server first. Instructions for that are at:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_install_server_setup.html Thanks, Jack On 01/30/09 11:56, Paul Southerby wrote: > Folks, > > I work for Sun Microsystems in MPK12. I have an Ultra45 in my > office. I just upgraded the firmware. How difficult would it be for > me to use wanboot to install OpenSolaris from my office? Which > Opensolaris install server would I use? How would I set up the wanboot > on my Ultra45? Any suggestions? It would be great to run the latest > Opensolaris on my office system. I might find some really interesting > bugs. > > Paul > > mary ding wrote: > >> Jan: >> >> You are welcome. If I run into any wanboot issues, normally I will >> check to see what the OBP level is and see whether there is a later rev >> avaiable. If not, then I will file a bug and move onward. >> >> >> >> Jan Hlodan wrote: >> >> >>> Hello, >>> I can confirm, that upgrading OBP to 4.21.8 helped and I was able to >>> install OS on Ultra 45. >>> More information about upgrading OBP can be found here: >>> http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/openboot_sparc.html >>> >>> For Ultra 45 just download this patch (Readme and Installation >>> instructions are in archive too): >>> http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=124411-03&method=h >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> On 01/30/09 10:03, Jan Hlodan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello Mary and Ethan, >>>> >>>> thank you for prompt answers! >>>> I checked the OBP - my version is: 4.21.2 >>>> I suppose, it needs to be upgraded. >>>> I'll try it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/30/09 09:03, Ethan Quach wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> mary ding wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Ethan and Jan: >>>>>> >>>>>> I was able to do this on ultra 45 without any problem. My OBP is >>>>>> 4.21.6. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Jan, can you verify what OBP version your Ultra45 has? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -ethan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20090130/1a9e8995/attachment.html>
