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How do I netboot NetBSD/sparc64?

April 26, 2017netboot NetBSD sparc64

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How do I netboot NetBSD/sparc64?

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See the Diskless NetBSD HOW-TO for more detailed information. • Grab the file ofwboot.net from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc64/snapshot/20011205/installation/netboot/ • Follow the diskless(8) man page. The port specific details follow. The bootstrap loader to load via tftp is ofwboot.net, which you just fetched. Unlike older systems, UltraSPARC systems do not use the architecture suffix when netbooting. • A valid /tftpboot directory may look like this: lrwxrwxr-x 1 root wheel 11 Sep 15 17:59 C0A8960D -> ofwboot.net -r–r–r– 1 root wheel 70911 Aug 19 03:50 ofwboot.net • If you plan to install to a local disk it’s easiest to boot an INSTALL kernel, which will guide you through the installation process. Put the INSTALL kernel on a NFS exported directory, set the root-path variable in your dhcpd.conf to point to that directory, and at the firmware type: boot net netbsd.INSTALL.gz Otherwise you will need to set up a NFS root partition for the machine. • When setting up a boot