SunFire V100 net install

From: Rami Aubourg (rami.aubourg@ifrance.com)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 06:49:30 EST


Hello, gurus,

I have several SunFire V100 machines, and have set up an install server
for Solaris8 02/02 and for Solaris9 on one of them, itself running
Solaris8 02/02 with September's patch cluster.

However, when I boot net on one of the V100's I want to install, the
tftp connection seems to run fine, but afterwards I these messages:

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Executing last command: boot net
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c File and args:
SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
NOTICE: dmfe1: PHY 1 link down
whoami: no domain name
rtioctl: kstr_ioctl failed: error 128
whoami: couldn't add route: error 128.
WARNING: nfsdyn_mountroot: NFS3 mount_root failed: error 128
Cannot mount root on /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c fstype nfsdyn

panic[cpu0]/thread=140a000: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root

0000000001409970 genunix:vfs_mountroot+70 (0, 0, 0, 200, 1455bd0, 0)
   %l0-3: 0000000001449c00 0000000001449c00 0000000001415980
0000000001415988
   %l4-7: 0000000001415800 0000000001411990 000000000144a400
000000000144d000
0000000001409a20 genunix:main+98 (1409ba0, f00610f4, 1409ec0, 301b5f,
2000, 500)
   %l0-3: 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000001412a28
0000000078002000
   %l4-7: 000000000140a000 0000000000302000 000000000147fe60
000000000105e938

skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...
Res
LOM event: +0h2m53s host reset
etting ...

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It seems that it can't boot off the dmfe0 NIC. Could it be the driver of
the card that's not up to date or loaded on the install server?
I'm not using DNS, but the install client's in the installserver's hosts
file and added as install_client.
Booting and installing with the CD's fine, provided I have Solaris8
02/02 or later, but time-consuming.

I've performed several net installs of NetraX1's without major problems,
except a driver to load when using a x86 server as install server, but
the SunFires seem to be more tricky.

I haven't found anything on Google matching my problem, and Sunmanagers
archive search tool's ongoing an upgrade.

Thanks in advance,

Rami

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