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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-11 19:10:07 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-11 19:10:07 +0000 |
| commit | a46e911a04c503c5fcfd130798f9405186e5f8a2 (patch) | |
| tree | ab858a4afe97c7dc6530aba9d0d3fcf00838b440 /usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd | |
| parent | 70cbe9b90351675873ae961381fdb49c7d12e725 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a46e911a04c503c5fcfd130798f9405186e5f8a2.zip FreeBSD-src-a46e911a04c503c5fcfd130798f9405186e5f8a2.tar.gz | |
Add a workaround in the EXAMPLE section for booting diskless SPARC/SunOS
Xkernel machines. Might save people some hair pulling..
Submitted by: rene@tcja.nl
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 index 595c3ec..acbac3d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 @@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ The file to use as boot parameter file instead of .Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact .It /etc/bootparams .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +When netbooting diskless SunOS/Xkernel SPARCstations the booted SunOS kernel +also broadcasts to the all-0 address. The SunOS kernel hangs until it +receives a reply. To accomodate this behaviour add an alias address +that responds to an all-0 broadcast. So, add something like 'ifconfig xl0 +192.168.200.254 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 192.168.200.0 alias' +on the relevant network interface on your bootparamd server. The alias +address must of course be free for use. .Sh BUGS You may find the syslog loggings to be verbose. .Sh AUTHORS |
