On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Matthew Sparby wrote:

> Documentation regarding RARP, tftp and bootp for Linux are almost
> non-existent.

Not true. Download the Xkernel kit for linux and you'll find everything
you need to boot a Sun 3, and full documentation (and even an automatic
install, I think). :-)

> Is there a way to set a RARP config file so the Linux box has
> the information when it boots... or do I have to manually put the
> rarp command in the rc.local file?

Under NetBSD, at least, rarpd will read /etc/ethers for the ethernet
address and hostname, and then look up the hostname using DNS (or whatever
you have configured):

    8:0:20:0:1f:db		spare_sun350_12M

> I understand that I need to make a symlink to from the netboot
> file to a filename derived from the Sun's IP address expressed in
> Hexadecimal (ie CFCFCF17 for 199.199.199.23).

Correct.

> BOOTP:

No, you need to use bootparams, not bootp. There's a copy of it in
the Xkernel distribution for Linux.

cjs

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