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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install NetBSD on a Sparc?
Date: 10 Apr 1997 15:24:22 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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Message-ID: <5ijpam$3je@cynic.portal.ca>
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Keywords: boot, install, floppy, network, netbsd, sparc1+
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In article <5ijimt$jd1$1@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>,
Jason Mader <jasonq@seas.gwu.edu> wrote:
>I setup the bootptab file on the Apollo with the directory, boot file and
>hardware address of the Sparc1+.  I make en entry in /etc/ethers and run
>rarpd.  I boot the Sparc1+ and in the prom monitor I type 'b le()netbsd'. 
>When rarpd is in debugging mode, it shows that it received an rarp packet,
>but nothing else happens and the boot process eventually times out.

Did you set up the /tftpboot directory with a boot file (or symlink
pointing to a boot file) named after the IP address of the workstation
in hex, containing the network boot program?

cjs
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