On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Aran Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've installed OpenBSD on this hardware in the past by writing the > bsd.rd image to the swap partition of a previous release of OpenBSD or > Solaris. Unfortunately I mangled the installation messing with > softraid and need to reinstall. I think I understand the network > installation process but when loading the bsd.rd image via nfs it dies > with the error message: "short write". > > I've tried bsd.rd from 4.8 and the snapshot with the same results. > I get the same results doing a network install on a Sun Fire V100. > > I'd appreciate any suggestions. > ok> boot cdrom If not then use the OB path > > Regards, > Aran > > > ok boot net bsd.rd.snapshot > Resetting ... > > Sun Enterprise 220R (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz), No Keyboard > OpenBoot 3.23, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #13111336. > Ethernet address 8:0:20:c8:10:28, Host ID: 80c81028. > > > > Rebooting with command: boot net bsd.rd.snapshot > Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1 File and args: bsd.rd.snapshot > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > 10a00 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.3 > No response for RARP request > Using BOOTP protocol: ip address: 10.40.41.136, netmask: 255.255.255.0, > gateway: 10.40.41.254 > root addr=10.40.41.149 path=/ > Booting /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1/bsd.rd.snapshot > 3798072@0x1000000+3016@0x139f438+3255104@0x1800000sendrecv: short write! > (-1 < 104) > Program terminated > ok
