"James Srinivasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I see a bunch of tftp data packets and acknowledgements going between the > machines. The last data packet is smaller than the rest, so I assume it's > finished the file. After that, there's no network activity whatsoever. > Having reviewed the install documentation I'm a bit confused - I know I need > tftp, but do I need both rarp and bootp - the documentation ("Installing > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC", > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install > -tftp )says I need both in 6.5 line 1, but 6.5 line 2 implies one or the > other.
Rarpd is enough. How much memory does your machine have ? I just installed potato on a 16Mb ELC (sun4c) and the tftpboot.img would load but I got a Watchdog reset Window underflow error and that was it. The NFS-ROOT install was successfull though. (but not painless) Problem is the machine does not get it's IP from rarp, you'll have to tell it to the sparc 1 by booting like boot net ip=xxx.yyy.zzz.www HTH, Luck, Ragga