[Aurora-sparc-devel] Netboot problem

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 12:36 -0700, Reiner K. Kappenberger wrote:
> Help,
>  
> (posted before to Aurora Sparc Users but have gotten no response)
>  
> I'm trying to install Aurora Linux 2.99 on my SPARC Ultra2.
>  
> I've set up RARP and TFTP on a Fedora Linux System (x86_64 Version 6)
> which I know are working fine normally.
>  
> I can see the RARP request in wireshark as well as the TFTP request
> coming to the server. However the next thing I see is an ARP request
> from the server on the IP address of the SPAR system trying to boot.
> This ARP request is never answered.
>  
> Any idea what I am missing?

Nope. It all looks good on a first pass. Can you netboot other systems
on the same networking layout (I've seen routers drop ARP requests)?

~spot