On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Martin Habets < errandir_n...@mph.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> > The way my boot server is setup is, that it has tftp, /etc/ethers and > > /etc/hosts files all setup. > > You'll also need either bootparamd or dhcpd set up. > I don't believe that's required by Debian. Bootparamd is required by Solaris for a jumpstart. Also, I have installed Debian previously over the network without a DHCPd running, purely using rarp and then assigning a manual IP address which is what I needed to assign to it anyway > > > I have the boot.img from Debian Lenny for sparc > > in /tftpboot and also have the hex and decimal/AF_INET format of the > > intended IP Address soft-linked to this boot.img in the /tftpboot > directory > > i.e. 0A01030B -> boot.img. > > I've go this as > C0A8000F.SUN4M -> sparcroot/boot/tftpboot.img > The debug log of the daemons above will tell you exactly whan name the SUN > machine is looking for. > This is specific to the machine architecture. Ultrasparc machines with the Sun4U architecture do not require an extension and can simply be installed with the filename as shown above > > I have tried: > > ok> boot net > > Should be enough to get thing started. > I hope it prints out that it's trying to in touch with a bootp server. > > yes, it does get the machine installed, and it IS currently up and running. The only problem is that I had to install it using the Internet as opposed to a local repo. It's ok for 1 machine but when I need to install a bunch of them, it'll be an unnecessary waste of our data download budget, which is why apt-cacher-ng seemed such a good solution, but I can't get it to compile on Solaris 8 on Sparc. Still waiting on Eduard to find the time to be able to play it himself to see if he can make it work in a VM or something :(
