Re: Just got my first Sparc and trying to net install openbsd

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 06:43:19PM -0800, Erin O'Meara wrote:
> I think I'm very close but just need a little push.
> 
> I got a Sun Netra X1, have the cable hooked up and connected to the LOM.
> I have setup another box with nfs, rpc.bootparams, rarap.
> 
> It starts to boot off the network but i'm a little lost on getting it to
> load bsd.rd
> 
> Output from the server
> Sun Netra X1 (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz), No Keyboard
> OpenBoot 4.0, 896 MB memory installed, Serial #51368293.
> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:f:d1:65, Host ID: 830fd165.
> 
> 
> 
> Executing last command: boot net bsd.rd
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c  File and args: bsd.rd
> 10400 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.3
> Using BOOTPARAMS protocol: ip address: 192.168.2.147, hostname: sunbox
> root addr=192.168.2.177 path=/export/sparc
> open /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c/bsd.rd: Unknown error: code 13

Did you inform mountd of your exports changes by sending it a SIGHUP?
check in logs if there are any errors from reloading exports. 

> 
> I know rarpd is configured properly since that works (ether address + ip
> duhh)
> 
> but  i'm very unsure of the rest.
> 
> # more exports
> #       $OpenBSD: exports,v 1.2 2002/05/31 08:15:44 pjanzen Exp $
> #
> # NFS exports Database
> # See exports(5) for more information.  Be very careful:  misconfiguration
> # of this file can result in your filesystems being readable by the world.
> 
> /export -maproot=root -alldirs  webserver01
> /export -maproot=sparc - alldirs sunbox
> /usr -ro                        webserver01
> 
> # more exports
> #       $OpenBSD: exports,v 1.2 2002/05/31 08:15:44 pjanzen Exp $
> #
> # NFS exports Database
> # See exports(5) for more information.  Be very careful:  misconfiguration
> # of this file can result in your filesystems being readable by the world.
> 
> /export -maproot=root -alldirs  webserver01
> /export -maproot=sparc - alldirs sunbox
> /usr -ro                        webserver01
> #
> # more bootparams
> webserver01 root=192.168.2.177:/export/root \
>                 swap=192.168.2.177:/export/swap
> 
> sunbox  root=192.168.2.177:/export/sparc
> 
> I have been over and over the diskless man page and just can't wrap my head
> around what I'm missing.
> 
> -- 
> Erin O'Meara
> 

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Matthieu Herrb