Re: T1000 tftp install by ofwboot.net without rarpd

Ok Stuart, you are confirming my suspect, thank you very much.
So now I am trying to install 5.3 with normal rarpd method and I get this:

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{0} ok boot net0 -v

SC Alert: Host System has Reset
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Sun Fire(TM) T1000, No Keyboard
Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.30.4.d, 3968 MB memory available, Serial #82189594.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:e6:1d:1a, Host ID: 84e61d1a.



Boot device: /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4  File and args: -v
100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:e6:1d:1a
>> OpenBSD BOOT 1.4
Trying bsd...
100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
open /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4/bsd: Inappropriate file type or format

Boot: bsd.rd
100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
open /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4/bsd.rd: Inappropriate file type or format
Boot:
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My config is:

cat /etc/bootparams
T1000         root=10.9.8.1:/var/tftpboot

cat /etc/ethers
0:14:4f:e6:1d:1a       T1000

cat /etc/hosts
[...]
10.9.8.10                 T1000

cat /etc/rc.conf.local
[...]
tftp_flags="/var/tftpboot"
[...]

ls /var/tftpboot
0A09080A    0A09080A.SUN4    bsd.rd

# ifconfig xl0 10.9.8.1
# route add 10.9.8 10.9.8.1
# rpc.bootparamd
# rarpd

Btw bootparamd keeps on dropping after a while so I am restarting it
manually every try.

This is more or less the procedure I always used on V240 or V120 with good
results. This T1000 is not responding.What could it be?
Thanks
Paolo




On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2013/06/15 14:18, Paolo Aglialoro wrote:
> > Anyway, the fact that after failure to load I still get the "Boot:"
> prompt
> > suggests me that the problem could lie within ofwboot.net itself which,
> > without the rarp technique, is not maybe able to find where on the
> network
> > to load the kernel.
>
> The problem lies in not setting up rarp, it is required for the current
> version of ofwboot.net.
>
> Supporting another method might be a useful feature addition, but the docs
> are quite clear that rarp is needed.