hi, perhaps that helps.
- the server must have enabled rarp, arp and tftp that the sun box will be able to fetch the kernel. - the kernel must be on a.out format the the sun box can execute it. so you have to gunzip the default debian kernel and then make a aout file with the elftoaout utility. can be found at ftp://ultra.linux.cz/OS/Linux/Sparc/local/elftoaout - the standard debian kernel does not include kernel-ip-config so that the linux kernel will fetch the net configs from bootp or a dhcp server. so for first your first boot you have to give the parameters "boot net ip=<ip-addr> nfsroot=<server-addr>:<folder-name>". if you only give the nfsroot it will give you the following error: "RPC: sendmsg returned error 51". - so after starting your debian linux compile your new kernel with enabled nfsroot, kernel-auto-conf and more..... and don't forget to make a new aout kernel with the elftoaout utility! Evan DiBiase wrote: > > Well, I was going to try and look at some of the suggestions made by > people on the list, but, unfortunately, something odd happened to my > SPARC's hard drive that corrupted it. So the data's gone, and I figured > I'd give reinstalling a try. > > I'm booting over the network with TFTP. The SPARC loads the file, and > then prints > > TILO > Booting Linux... > > and sits there. Does anyone know what the problem might be or, barring > that, how I might narrow down the possible factors? > > Thanks, > Evan > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- bye, alias m.nine.six.
