Have you tried running tcpdump on the linux box to see what
	the sun is asking for?

	Also, you could try the text bootfloppy image in:
	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/incoming/mrg/

		David/absolute

	 -=-  "There will not be a send-off, a funeral or mass"  -=-

On 16 Oct 1998, Eirik Mikkelsen wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to install NetBSD 1.3.2 on a SPARCstation 1 via NFS from a
> Linux box. The machine has 24 Mb of ram, and rom rev. 1.0 (if that
> matters). I have no monitor, so I use a terminal.
> 
> The problem is the machine hangs after loading the secondary
> bootloader:
> 
> ea00 >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.7
> >> (pk@flambard, Mon May 11 09:43:48 MEST 1998)
> 
> ...and then nothing. Cant return to openboot by sending break
> either. Unfortunately my linux-box doesn't have SCSI-disks and my
> SS1 has no floppy, so booting via net is the only option. 
> 
> Does anyone know what might be wrong? What exactly does the secondary
> bootloader do?
> 
> -- 
> Eirik Mikkelsen - eirikmik@orakel.ntnu.no
>