[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok I have Sparcy booted through netboot (was easy once I figured it out > ...many thanks to Adam Haberlach for his help) > > There has been talk of a new web page for debian-sparc (I tried to view the > URL but was given an error)...well...heres some notes of mine that should > be documented... > > both rarp and arp must be setup with the IP and hardware adress of the > sparc. I was told about rarp..and figured out arp too on my own (I love > tcpdump)...then I also found it in the mailing list archives.
Well, how do you setup arp ? I was only required to setup rarp tables on my server (i386 debian box). Can you explain me in which case you need to also configure arp tables ? How do you proceed ? I would want to describe it in the documentation as well. Thanks in advance. > on my system I had to start tftpd without tcpd first AND with -l to > work...I didn't try many combonations...but this si the configuration > which worked for me Did you registered your new hostname on the server ? (eg. in /etc/hosts) tcpd will denies connections from unknown hosts if the PARANOID option is set in /etc/hosts.deny. > ahem...all the docs I read said that Linux currently has no disk partitioning > utility (in fact it says that in a text file in the disks-sparc > directory) yet I was presented with a working fdisk during install (it is > running the install downstairs now) Which document said there is no fdisk ? A sparc specific one ? I'm pretty sure I removed such references from my own docs (at least the release notes provided along with sparc boot disks). > um what have I forgot...oh yea...the zero padding tftpboot.img worked for me > too ;) Good news :-)) Regards. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)