Re: Re: Sparc netinst
Hi, I'm trying to netinst to an ss20. I have a tftp server setup on a win2k PC (funny huh?) and I'm trying to netboot with your latest sparc-mini.iso. Unfortuntely, it doesn't seem that the OpenBoot values for this scenario are very well documented. I looked in the Debian docs and none of the variants on this worked for me. Is there a better writeup somewhere of how to do this? Also, has anyone ever managed to get this to work from a win2k machine? TIA, -Tennis
Re: Re: Sparc netinst
What have you done so far? You said you have a TFTP server (which one are you using?) Do you have an RARP server? If not, you can find one at http://www.panix.com/~perin/#rarp (look near the bottom of the page. It's supposed to work on Win2k but I can't get it to work on my XP box.) What I normally do when I'm trying to net boot a new system is: 1. setup arp and rarp per the Debian docs. 2. try to netboot the machine. 3. check the TFTP logs to get the correct name for the bootimage (I never get it right until I look at the logs.) 4. copy/rename/link/whatever the bootimage so it has that name. 5. try to netboot the machine.
