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Using openboot to boot from network a Solaris10 cdrom

Hi,

I've recently bought 2 brandnew Sun fire V210 servers miraculously somehow for very cheap.

They don't have CDROM drives so I am trying to figure out how to boot them.

Although having a few Sun Netra's and an E420r, I am not that familure with network booting on SPARC platform. In fact I've never done it as I only have x86 PXE experience with Linux.

I would like to install Solaris 10 which I have freshly downloaded!

If I put the Sol10 cdrom into a *NIX machine and create an NFS export, would I be able to run:

Code:

ok>boot net:dhcp

?

Or would I need to extract the ISO to a folder on a TFTP server then use a DHCP option code:

Code:

120

--or

150

followed by the above command, in order to point the server to the bootable medium?

Thanks.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19477-01/.../chap_sol.html

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/...avn/index.html

Those should get you going. One some of the older boxes you may need to update openbios.

Thanks for the response!

From the V210 point of view the guides suggest I would need to run:

Code:

boot net - nowin

However, looking this guide:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/...rcboot-60.html

as suggested previously the document states that the

Code:

boot net

command is for use with a TFTP server....

So, if I simply extract the ISO to a directory within the tftp server and configure DHCP according with option codes 120 or 150 is that information enough for the server to boot?

Previously before posting I have Google'd quite a bit hence getting the

Code:

boot net:dhcp

command. However, I was unable to find any result regarding remotely installing an from an ISO or CDROM.

I think that's were my main confusion lies.

The first link that was posted was regarding x86 systems and the ILOM interface.

I don't have this connected on my V210, only the Serial Management interface.

Ok after major searching I managed to find out that I need a 'jump start server'.

Good sites were:

http://hintshop.ludvig.co.nz/show/so...-linux-server/

http://www.sweetnam.eu/index.php/Ins...over_a_Network

http://www.adminschoice.com/solaris-...rt-howto-guide

http://www.docbert.org/Solaris/Jumpstart/linux.html

So, the good news: I can get an IP address via rarpd using my 'jump start' box.

Additionally access is ok to the TFTP portion and NFS portion, even remotely mount it:

Code:

# ls /mnt

boot      installer                        platform

Copyright  Offer_to_Provide_Source_Code.txt  Solaris_10

I have converted the given IP address to HEX and linked it to the inetboot.sun4u file:

Code:

# ls /tftpboot

C0A88CDC  inetboot.sun4u

The only issue now is that the system purely won't Netboot?

I type:

Code:

ok>boot net -v -- install

and the system just hangs after obtaining an IP address?

For my jumpstart server am running an old laptop with Fedora 17 on it!

Here's the export:

Code:

# exportfs -v

/data/jumpstart

                <world>(ro,wdelay,crossmnt,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)

which should be downloaded by the server without any issues?

Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks

Here is Openboot version:

Code:

Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard

Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.

OpenBoot 4.30.4.a, 8192 MB memory installed, Serial #60576597.

Ethernet address 0:3:ba:9c:53:55, Host ID: 839c5355.

In actual fact this is what I see using **any** boot option:

Code:

{1} ok boot net -v - nowin

Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@2  File and args: -v - nowin

100 Mbps full duplex  Link up

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

100 Mbps full duplex  Link up

Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...



Requesting Internet address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55

Internet address is: 192.168.140.220

From server I get:

Code:

Sep 13 18:38:34 boot rarpd[816]: RARP request from 0 on em1

Sep 13 18:38:34 boot rarpd[816]: RARP response to 0 192.168.140.220 on em1

Sep 13 18:38:34 boot in.tftpd[2105]: RRQ from 192.168.140.220 filename C0A88CDC

Sep 13 18:39:41 boot rarpd[816]: RARP request from 0 on em1

Sep 13 18:39:41 boot rarpd[816]: RARP response to 0 192.168.140.220 on em1