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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!btinternet!netix!netix!not-for-mail From: crn@netix.org.uk (C. Newport) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on old SPARCS Date: 27 Jul 1996 23:51:28 -0000 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4tea20$gm3@netix.telecall.co.uk> References: <4td9p3$gc9@entrenet.entrenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netix.telecall.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Wayne Collins (wayne@entrenet.com) wrote: : Has anyone got any experience loading NetBSD onto old SPARC 2s : using Linux as the NET server? Basically I can get the second : stage boot process started on the SPARC after being loaded : from Linux by TFTP. The client RARPs on the network, prints : it's client IP address and then hangs! From tcpdump on the : LINUX side, I can see a network broadcast from the SPARC but : no answer. : Anyone know the magic incantations to get Linux to complete : the process ??? Have you got bootpd running ? Also have you got tftp properly enabled, it is disabled by default as a security risk. take a look at man inetd check :- /etc/inetd.conf /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts /etc/exports -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Newport, The Netix Consultancy, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK. crn@netix.org.uk | crn@netix.telecall.co.uk | crn@netix.demon.co.uk In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ( big bang theory ).