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Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide

SPARC: How to Manually Boot a System From the Network

Note -

If you want to manually boot a Sun-4 system from the network, see "SPARC: How to Manually Boot a Sun-4 System From the Network".

  1. Make sure the diskless client has been set up as described in "How to Add Support for a Diskless Client".

  2. Make sure the system is in the prom monitor environment.

    If the system is not running, power it up. If the system is currently running, use the init 0 command to get it to the boot prom prompt.

  3. If the screen displays the > prompt instead of the ok prompt, type n and press Return or Enter.

    The screen should now display the ok prompt. If not, see "SPARC: How to Manually Boot a Sun-4 System From the Network".

  4. Boot the system from the network.


    ok boot net

Example of Manually Booting a SPARC System From the Network


# init 0
> n
ok
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ok boot net
Booting from: le(0,0,0)
2bc00 hostname: pluto
domainname: Solar.COM
root server:
root directory: /export/root/pluto
SunOS Release 5.4 Version [2.4_FCS] [UNIX(R) System V Release
4.0]
Copyright (c) 1983-1994, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
configuring network interfaces: le0.
Hostname: pluto
Configuring cache and swap:......done.
The system is coming up. Please wait.
NIS domainname is Solar.COM
starting rpc services: rpcbind keyserv ypbind kerbd done.
Setting netmask of le0 to 255.255.255.0
Setting default interface for multicast: add net 224.0.0.0:
gateway pluto
syslog service starting.
Print services started.
volume management starting.
The system is ready.
login: root
password:
# exit