Newer Suns only boot with rarpd. Setting that up may be obvious to experienced system administrators, but I tend to forget, so will document it here.
setup
/etc/rc.conf entries:
bootparamd_enable="YES" inetd_enable="YES" rarpd_enable="YES" rarpd_flags="-a -s" rpcbind_enable="YES"
/etc/ethers entry:
00:14:4f:75:dc:84 v240.blah.com
/etc/hosts entry:
192.168.0.71 v240.blah.com
/etc/hosts.allow entry:
ALL : 192.168.0.71 : allow
(Ok, this probably just needs to be rarpd but my head is tired from hitting the desk)
Example /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf entries:
host v240 {
option host-name "x1";
hardware ethernet 00:14:4f:75:dc:84;
fixed-address 192.168.0.71;
filename "loader-sparc";
option root-path "<your_server_ip>:/pxeroot/sparc64-9";
}/tftpboot files:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Dec 19 01:21 C0A80047 -> loader-sparc -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 200816 Oct 8 2006 loader-sparc
daemons to run:
service bootparams onestart service inetd onestart service rarpd onestart service rpcbind onestart
booting
For these machines you want boot net, not boot net:dhcp:
Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. OpenBoot 4.22.19, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #74833028. Ethernet address 0:14:4f:75:dc:84, Host ID: 8475dc84. Rebooting with command: boot net Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@2 File and args: 100 Mbps FDX Link up Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:75:dc:84 [...] Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:75:dc:84 Consoles: Open Firmware console FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 (linimon@foo.blah.com, Fri Dec 18 08:51:42 UTC 2015) bootpath="/pci@1f,700000/network@2" boot: ethernet address: 00:14:4f:75:dc:84 100 Mbps FDX Link up Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel data=0xd314c0+0x210758 syms=[0x8+0xdebb8+0x8+0xcd716] \ Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...