On 2003.09.04 11:35 David Coolbear wrote:
> With NetBSD, the sun gets an ip address from rarpd, gets a bootloader
> from tftp but then times out:
>
> root on le0
> nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RFC/bootparam)
> nfs_boot: client_addr=192.0.0.10 (RARP from 192.0.0.1)
> nfs_boot: timeout
I had (possibly) the same error when I netbooted a SPARCstation 1+ from
a FreeBSD machine. It was quite simple. The primitive IP stack of the
netloader on the client machine can't answer arp requests. But the
server broadcasts a arp (arp, not rarp) when the tftp or NFS action is
starting. Solution was simple: Set the arp information for the client
on the host paermanent. Somthing like
arp -s 192.0.0.10 00:11:22:33:44:55 permanent
on the boot server.
I successfully installed NetBSD via netboot on a 3/60 back in the
NetBSD 1.3 days. It should still work. Did you check the NetBSD
diskless HOWTO?
SunOS, did you check
http://www.sun3arc.org/ and
http://www.sun3zoo.de/
If you have speciffic problems with SunOS on Sun3, ask Peter, the man
behind the Sun3 Zoo. He is very kind and helpfull.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz
Received on Sun Sep 07 2003 - 14:06:00 BST