Hi, a few hints might be in order here:
> I edited /etc/ethers add: > 08:00:20:aa:bb:cc sparc looks ok. > I edit /etc/hosts add: > 192.168.1.10 sparc looks ok. > I got tftpboot.img for sun4cdm and put it in /tftpboot > I made a symlic link by: > ln -s tftpboot.img C0A8010A.SUN4C looks ok. >[sparcroot] > Do I need this root file?? probably, unless you want to install directly from the internet (for which you would probably need a different tftp-image). But I am by no means a debian expert. > I edit /etc/fstab, goto the end and add: > /tftpboot/sparcroot / nfs default 0 0 Looks dubious to me. Firstly: Where did you make that change? That should be in /tftpboot/sparcroot/etc/fstab, NOT the fstab of your nfs server. Secondly you left out the server address. Should be 192.168.1.1:/tftpboot/sparcroot / nfs default 0 0 or whatever the ip address of your nfs server is. > I add a statement to /etc/exports > /tftpboot/sparcroot sparc(rw, no_root_squash) looks ok. > I created a symblic link by > cd /tftpboot > ln -s sparcroot 192.168.1.10 I can't see what that is good for. The "ln -s tftpboot.img C0A8010A.SUN4C" is the symbolic link you needed. > ok boot net serial I cannot see how this boot should know where to get its nfsroot from. Try to append nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/tftpboot/sparcroot (with the real ip address of your nfs server) and console=ttyS0 instead of "serial" (real experts: correct me here, please) > Booting Linux... Hmm, but it seems that it did at least load a kernel which did not really boot - or which did not understand that the console is serial. Please try again with the above changes and report again;-) Ingo
