On 08/08/2018 11:27 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 08/08/2018 05:23 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:pssst ... there is nothing in the silo.conf of netinst.iso for sun4v and that had me wondering.Why though? sun4v is fully backwards-compatible ...
Well hey .. everything else under the sun is in there .. except sun4v. pun intended.
regardless .. how the heck to netboot this thing ?There have been multiple discussions on this topic on this mailing list. Basically, you need the d-i images from the tarball here:http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-sparc64/main/d/debian-installer/Then set up a TFTP server and let the machine boot the kernel, see:https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/sparc/ch05s01.html.en
great .. a dance on a Tuesday under a full moon and my mothers birthday. *sigh* ;-) I'll make up a USB thumbdrive and visit the datacenter. Dennis