> I understand that I do not get any bootable CD for
quoted text
> sparc...but do any of the CDs have the files on them that are needed 
> for an install (all of the .tgz files and the cd.iso file?)

The upcoming 4.2 release will include an install42.iso file, which is
exactly what you want.

4.2 will be released on November 1.  The -current snapshots have this
too, but beware since -current is now ahead of what the upcoming
release will be, and that may not be what you want -- almost a
thousand commits have already happened to it.

quoted text
> Typically I would download all of these..burn the ISO and boot the 
> sparc off of the ISO and then do a local ftp install.

Yes, the ftp install works fine too.  Or you can entirely network boot
a machine if you setup a netboot server.