On Wed, 1 May 1996, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:

> 
> The sparc should:
> 
> - rarp for its IP address
> - grab the bootstrap from the system that answered the rarp request
>   using tftp
> - make a bootparam request
> - use the info provided by bootparam to NFS mount root and swap etc.
> - boot from the kernel
> 
> At least this is how I remember doing things, on my sparc and on my
> sun386i.
> 
> You need.
> 
> /etc/ethers
> /etc/hosts
> rarpd
> /tftpboot (and appropriate boot files)

This directory name should be included in inetd.conf as well.  The sparc 
will try to 
get a file with the string "/tftpboot/xxxxxxxx.SUN4C" so you have to have 
this directory as well as the boot file.
 > tftpd
> /etc/bootparams
> rpc.bootparamd (it's called bootparamd on my FreeBSD system...)
> and the appropriate root and swap partitions...
> 
> The install readme for the Sparc port was a little unclear at times but
> it DID cover all the things that needed to be done.
> 
> Have a good one.
> 
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