Installing Solaris 9 from Linux (rarp/tftp problem)
2007-12-25 4:36:00
I've got a Sun Netra T1 105 which I got from Ebay. It doesn't have a cdrom and
I wanted to install Solaris 9 on this machine. I followed the instructions on
several sites that I found from google and unfortunately it failed for some
reasons. These are what I have done:
1. I installed tftp-server-0.28-2.i386.rpm and rarpd-ss981107-12.i386.rpm.
2. Insert the following line on /etc/ethers: "08:00:20:b2:9d:03 sunbox"
3. Insert the following line on /etc/hosts: "192.168.1.105 sunbox"
4. Mount the dvdrom, and create a new symbolic link "C0A80169" which refer to
"/mnt/cdrom/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot" (
C0A80169 is hex numbers of IP address 192.168.1.105)
5. Plug the netra on the network, and boot using "boot net - install" on
openboot prompt
This is what I've got from the /var/log/messages:
Mar 1 18:05:46 localhost rarpd[1876]: RARP request from 08:00:20:b2:9d:03 on
eth0
Mar 1 18:05:46 localhost rarpd[1876]: RARP response to 08:00:20:b2:9d:03
192.168.1.105 on eth0
It seemed that the RARP protocol is working, but then the netra stopped and
didn't proceed with the installation. When I dumped the udp packets, this line
appeared:
13:55:57.190429 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 123, id 1234, offset 0, flags [none], proto
17,
length: 45) 192.168.1.105.5345 > 255.255.255.255.tftp: 17 RRQ "C0A80169"
octet
it seems to me that the sun server broadcasted the the file request but no one
answered.
My tftpd service runs under tcp wrapper. I've added the "in.tftpd: ALL" in the
hosts.allow file.
Any help or suggestion will be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Andi
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