Awesome, thanks!
Normally I would have said "I have never netbooted; it seems too hard to
setup" but those look like great instructions.
And I was almost right in my paranoia about needing Solaris.
I still wonder though -- if OpenBSD's UFS is the same format as Solaris's, or
if OpenBSD can create a Solaris format of file system, then I think OpenBoot
can read the files. And if not, not. I think.
Mitigating factors:
I got 4.3 in the mail that supposedly fixes this.
The wireless networking is working fine.
The OPB isn't even known to fix this, but hopefully.
But yeah, running old OBP/BIOS not great.
- Jay
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:21:46 +0200> From: openbsd@pckswarms.ch> To:
venture37@hotmail.com> CC: jayk123@hotmail.com; misc@openbsd.org> Subject: Re:
geom network driver times out on sparc 4.2?> > So, just as I say this, the
page is at:> > http://www.SMTPS.net/netboot_flash_obp.html> > I did an Ultra
10 this way with no problems. I may have done> an Ultra2 as well.> > cheers> >
bruce> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 07:59:48AM +0100, Sevan / > Venture37 >
wrote:> > > And dumb me, I didn't consider OBP as helping the install too.> >
have to crack open the case.> > > I'll see...> > > > From the OBP update
page:> > "Note 1: This utility is *not* OS-dependent. The list of releases
shown under> > the> > "Solaris Release" and "SunOS Release" sections may not
be complete:> > The> > absence of a valid Solaris Release or SunOS Release
from the lists> > above> > does not preclude the installation of this patch
against the> > hardware."> > > > > > > >
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