[SunRescue] Diskless Workstations
mike mangino
mangino at cis.ohio-state.edu
Tue May 18 21:05:53 CDT 1999
You can probably just untar them.
>
> Excellent!
>
> One last question ... how do I get the appropriate executable files from
> the CD-ROM into the various directories? The IPX (server) is Sun4c and the
> LX (diskless client) is a Sun4m...
>
> Thanks a ton.
>
> -Shel
>
> ----------
> From: mike mangino[SMTP:mangino at cis.ohio-state.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 2:08 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Diskless Workstations
> Importance: High
>
> I net boot my sun3/80 from a solaris 7 machine. Essentially what you do is
> as follows.
>
> remove the comment from the line in /etc/inetd.conf that contains a listing
> for tftp
>
> Add a line to /etc/ethers that looks like the following, MAC address name
> 08:00:20:01:02:03 sun380
>
> The mac address should display on boot. If not, use snoop to look for the
> address in the rarp broadcast packets.
>
> Add a line to /etc/hosts with a name that corresponds to the new diskless
> machine. It should match the line in /etc/ethers
>
> Start in.rarpd (/usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a)
>
>
> Add a line to /etc/bootparams for the machinei
> sun380 gateway=192.168.1.2 root=ultra:/opt/export/sun3/sun380/root
> swap=ultra:/opt/export/sun3/sun380/swap
> dump=ultra:/opt/export/sun3/sun380/dump
>
> You need at least root, swap and dump. Those are paths to the files they
> will use. The swap file should be created with mkfile, the dumpfile is a
> copy of the swap file (I don't know what it does, but it works)
>
> start bootparamd (/usr/sbin/in.bootparamd)
>
> Add entries for NFS mounting the appropriate shares. You need to share
> root, swap and dump at least. My config looks like :
> share -F nfs -o rw=sun380,root=sun380 -d "Sun3X root"
> /opt/export/sun3/sun380/root
> share -F nfs -o rw=sun380,root=sun380 -d "Sun3X swap"
> /opt/export/sun3/sun380/swap
> share -F nfs -o rw=sun380,root=sun380 -d "Sun3X swap"
> /opt/export/sun3/sun380/dump
>
> restart nfs
>
> Boot your machine and monitor the network with snoop. It should give you
> information about any errorsyou encounter. If you get stuck, feel free to
> call me at 299-4322 (I'm in Columbus as well)
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Mangino Senior Programmer/Analyst
> mangino at cis.ohio-state.edu manginom at oclc.org
> Home: (614) 299-4322 Work: (614) 764-6280
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