> I've got a Sun Fire V210 platform which I'm trying to install > OpenBSD 5.2 sparc64 edition on. As it doesn't have a CDROM drive > unlike my Netra T105 I am unable to use the "ok>boot cdrom" method > of install.
[...] > So far I have read through all documentation I could find: [...] > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=sparc64&format=html Good. That's the first document I would have pointed to you, if you hadn't mentioned it. [...] > The server gets an IP address and downloads the boot file then bombs > out after a while? > > Here is output: > > {1} ok boot net bsd.mp [...] > >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.4 > 100 Mbps full duplex Link up > No response for RARP request Quoting from diskless(8) above: `` In phase 2, the boot program loads a kernel. [...] The procedure used by the boot program is as follows: 1. The boot program gets the client IP address using RARP.'' You need to have something on your network answering rarpd requests. On most Unix-like systems, there is a rarpd(8) daemon serving that purpose. > Am I using the wrong boot loader file or is it something to do with > my NFS server? You seem to have set up the bootloader and the tftp server correctly. As for your NFS server, you won't know until you have a reverse arp daemon set up, for the boot loader to try and mount the NFS filesystem where the bsd.rd kernel is located. Miod
