archive_netbooting_sun_fire_280_r
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This page contains a few links that were helpful when trying to boot mantis_broken.
Particularly helpful: http://wirespeed.xs4all.nl/mediawiki/index.php/Netboot_Solaris_from_Linux#tftpd
Squeeze kept hanging when booting, but managed to boot successfully using the wheezy netboot image.
Outline notes:
- Need TFTP and RARP server to boot from.
- Map the sunfire box's MAC address to an IP using /etc/ethers
- The sunfire box will look for a file with it's IP as a hex value in TFTP root, so symlink it to a boot image.
- Start up the sunfire box, and wait for
ok:
prompt. Type
halt
before disk boot begins.
- Type
boot net
. The box will reset then attempt to contact the boot server. If all is fine, a bunch of hex will appear in the console, and update as it receives the image.
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