[SunHELP] problems booting with "boot net" and "boot cdrom"

Tue Sep 11 00:29:12 CDT 2001

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Hi, I am happy to find out there is a "help" mailing list for general =
questions. I am fairly new to using Sun machines, but I have extensive =
knowledge of *NIX itself.

I am trying to get a ultra enterprise 2 machine back on it's feet. The =
CD-ROM just hangs after typing "boot cdrom", and in the same time there =
is no activity light on the drive. Bad cdrom?=20

As far as booting from the network, I think I am missing some things. I =
found alot of docs on the internet, but they are all different in the =
procedures a sun box takes in booting from the network. Can anyone list =
this order of sequence? I understand that first an ip is needed, so a =
RARP request gets broadcasted. I have setup a rarp daemon, and I no =
longer get "Timeout waiting for arp/rarp packet". I assume when the sun =
box gets this reply, it tries to tftp to the machine that sent the reply =
and fetch a filename that's the machines IP in hex. Where does bootp =
come into play? Or doesn't it?=20

Can anyone recommend a good sun book to start off with?

Thanks alot, I greatly appreciate any help!

Mike

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same time there is no activity light on the drive. Bad cdrom? =
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missing some things. I found alot of docs on the internet, but they are =
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different in the procedures a sun box takes in booting from the network. =
Can=20
anyone list this order of sequence? I understand that first an ip is =
needed, so=20
a RARP request gets broadcasted. I have setup a rarp daemon, and I no =
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"Timeout waiting for arp/rarp packet". I assume when the sun box gets =
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doesn't it?=20
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