[Sunhelp] Installing over the network?

[Wayne Schmieder]

You are not connected to the LAN for one reason or another.  Do a STOP "A", 
at the ok prompt do a prnt-diag?.  This will give you the system 
configuration.  One likely candidate is the diag-switch?t is set to true. 
 If this is this case set it to false.  Make sure you have the right 
adapter connected to the LAN.  Many machines will have multiple adapters, 
especially those that have had an upgrade to fast Ethernet. If all else 
fails run the network diags while your in the PROM Monitor.  If you have 
the time, do a power up while holding STOP "D".  Once the diags start you 
can release the keys.  This will run all kinds of good tests for you, and 
will actually catch >90% of you hardware errors.  Remember when your done 
to set the diag -switch? back to false.

  The more you know about the hardware the better these days.  Sun or none 
of the many third parties have the hardware expertise in the field as they 
did in years past.  A little effort can save you big time on time and 
money.

Wayne schmieder
Cellnet Data Systems

-----Original Message-----
From:	Paul Khoury [SMTP:pkhoury3 at earthlink.net]
Sent:	Sunday, December 26, 1999 2:58 AM
To:	SunHELP List
Subject:	[Sunhelp] Installing over the network?

I'm having trouble installing Solaris over my network.  I tried Solaris 2.4 
and 2.6, both man pages
and hardcopy docs.  When I do a boot net - install on my new SS2, it says 
"Timeout waiting
for ARP/RARP", which I assume means it's not workingl.  Do I need to set 
any environment variables,
or did I overlook something perhaps?

Paul



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