Subject: Re: SS1+ Netbooting troubles
To: Mike Frager <fragermk@drthunder.ml.org>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/14/1999 11:16:26
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Mike Frager wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have recently acquired a second hand SS1+ and have been trying to
> netboot it. For the server I am using a Linux box which can sucessfully
> netboot NetBSD/vax. I haven't had much luck booting the Sparc though. I
> can get it to load the Second Stage loader but it stops and just says:
> 
> Data Access Exception
> 
> I don't know much about Sun hardware and I have know idea what this means.

Nor do I. Did you look at diskless(8)? I followed it pretty much verbatim
and got an SS2 up. Maybe there's some parameter which isn't set right?

Good luck!

Take care,

Bill