Installing Solaris 10 on Sunfire V120 via network boot from Linux

I have been given a free SunFire V120 server loaded with and old copy of Solaris 9. The problem is that this server no longer has the internal DVD/CDRom drive any more. Google'd for finding a replacement CD-Rom drive show cost more than the SunFire V120 unit itself.
The plan: Install Solaris 10 for SPARC on Sunfire V120 Server
Available:
-- Sun Microsystems SunFire V120 Server (1GB of Ram and 2x 36GB 10K RPM SCSI3 drives)
-- CentOS 5.1 Linux Server
-- Solaris 10 SPARC DVD ISO Image
-- DB25 to RJ45 Serial Cable accessing V120 LOM via Minicom application on CentOS 5 server
Via the http://www.docbert.org/Solaris/Jumpstart/linux.html site, I have configured the following:
* NFS Server (nfs-utils under RedHat)
* bootparams server (bootparamd under RedHat)
* rarpd server (rarpd under RedHat)
* tftp server (tftp-server)
CentOS Server Settings:
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/ethers
0:3:ba:36:34:48 jsclient
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/bootparams
jsclient root=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol10/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot install=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol10 boottype=:in
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/exports
/jumpstart *(ro,no_root_squash)
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/hosts
192.168.0.20 jsserv
192.168.0.22 jsclient
[root@jsserv ~]# ls -l /tftpboot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 7 13:35 C0A80016 -> inetboot.sol10.sun4u
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 7 13:35 C0A80016.SUN4U -> inetboot.sol10.sun4u
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217016 Mar 7 13:34 inetboot.sol10.sun4u
On CentOS Linux server -- under /var/log/messages, the rarpd shows this message:
Mar 7 14:24:41 jsserv rarpd[3516]: RARP request from 0 on eth0
Mar 7 14:24:41 jsserv rarpd[3516]: RARP response to 0 192.168.0.22 on eth0
On the SunFire V120 server, the console displays:
Sun Fire V120 (UltraSPARC-IIe 648MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 4.0, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #53883976.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:36:34:48, Host ID: 83363448.
Executing last command: boot net -v - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@c,1 File and args: -v - install
38e00 Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...
Internet address is: 192.168.0.22
hostname: jsclient
domainname: (none)
Found 192.168.0.20 @ 0:13:d3:9a:9e:98
root server: jsserv (192.168.0.20)
root directory: /jumpstart/sol10/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.
Program terminated
So now what do I do?
-- Michael

Anyone know where I can get the firmware (OBP) update / upgrade version 4.22 for the SunFire V120 server?
There is an old thread (http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5137796) that talks of having to update your firmware 4.22.x, but I have looked through the SunSolve site and I cannot find a reference to this firmware any place for the SunFire V120 servers.

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