Re: net install downloads bootloader program then complains about RARP request?

Kaya Saman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/03/2012 03:49 PM, Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
> On 3 November 2012 15:33, Kaya Saman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The server logfiles show:
>>
>> tftpd[1581]: tftpd: trying to get file: C0A80173
>> tftpd[1581]: tftpd: serving file from /tftpboot
>>
>>
>> so that's all ok. NFS has been setup for NFS v2/3:
>>
>> /etc/exports file:
>>
>> /iso/5.2/sparc64 <local_subnet>(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
>>
>> i am able to access this using an NFS client.
>>
>> In my /tftpboot directory I have these files:
>>
>> installboot
>> ofwboot
>> ofwboot.net
>>
>> According to my reading there was supposed to be an install.net or boot.net
>> fie which I haven't seen anywhere?
> You need to have a copy of the bootloader on your TFTP server named as
> the hex representation of the client IP address
> so in this case a copy of/symbolic link to ofwboot.net named as
> C0A80173 & C0A80173.SUN4 (According to manpage) or dot platform name
> according to sun docs, in this case .SUN4U
> A copy of the kernel also needs to be on the tftp server
> What does your bootparams file look like?
> Here's mine for netbooting my T1000
> t1000.foo.local root=10.9.9.1:/nfsroot/openbsd/root
> swap=10.9.9.1:/nfsroot/openbsd/swap
>
>
> Sevan
>

Thanks for the advise, this is what I've got:

/tftpboot# ls -l
total 17564
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7462117 Nov  2 23:11 bsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7473785 Nov  2 23:11 bsd.mp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2674021 Nov  2 23:11 bsd.rd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      11 Nov  2 23:31 C0A80173 -> ofwboot.net
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      11 Nov  3 15:47 C0A80173.SUN4 -> ofwboot.net
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  124176 Jul 31 00:26 installboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   86612 Nov  2 23:11 INSTALL.sparc64
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   51280 Nov  2 23:11 ofwboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   51600 Jul 31 00:26 ofwboot.net
-r--r--r-- 1 root root     710 Nov  2 23:11 TRANS.TBL

According to the example my bootparams file should be:

# Example:  client_1   base=server_1:/path/to/basedir
#
sunburst root=192.168.1.116:/

Though this might need to be: /iso/5.2/sparc64 where the install52.iso 
has been mounted:
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