Solaris 10 net install doesn't start

Question

Hi All,
I'm trying to install Solaris 10 through a network installation guided by this document: http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/doc/sun/solaris10/solaris10_network_installation.pdf
I've did everything as described in chapter 6 and when try to boot with boot net - nowin it starts to load for a while and at some point sticks with endless message:
{2} ok boot net - nowin
Resetting ...
RSC Alert: Host System has Reset
Software Reset
Enabling system bus....... Done
Initializing CPUs......... Done
Initializing boot memory.. Done
Initializing OpenBoot
Probing system devices
Probing I/O buses
Probing system devices
Probing I/O buses
Sun Fire V490, No Keyboard
Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.18.1, 32768 MB memory installed, Serial #67171208.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:0:f3:88, Host ID: 8400f388.
Rebooting with command: boot net - nowin
Boot device: /pci@9,700000/network@2  File and args: - nowin
/pci@9,700000/network@2: 1000 Mbps full duplex link up
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
Requesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:0:f3:89
........and this way until I stop it.
I can't understand where is the problem. Initially I've described the network_interface as PRIMARY, but when it didn't worked I've described all the net interfaces and now my sysidcfg looks like this:
name_service=DNS { domain_name=host.mydomain
                   domain_server=10.50.1.50,10.50.1.51
                   search=mydomain }
network_interface=ce0 { primary hostname=host
                        default_route=10.145.1.1
                        ip_address=10.145.1.11
                        netmask=255.255.255.0
                        protocol_ipv6=no }
network_interface=ce4 { ip_address=172.16.1.2
                        netmask=255.255.255.0
                        protocol_ipv6=no }
network_interface=ce3 { ip_address=172.16.0.130
                        netmask=255.255.255.0
                        protocol_ipv6=no }
root_password=mypassword
security_policy=NONE
system_locale=en_US.UTF-8
timezone=Europe/SofiaCan someone tells me what am I doing wrong?
Regards, Yavor

Answer 1

I think I've missed some of the details in my first post.
The situation is as follows:
The client I want to install and the boot server are located physically and logically remote from our office in a data center and they are in separate network (10.145.1.x). The install server which holds the Solaris 10 install DVD is in my office (10.50.1x) and is not in the same network as the client and the boot server.
I think in so many servers and services required for this network installation I've made something wrong, but don't know exactly what.
When I run ./add_install_client on the boot server it says:
# ./add_install_client -s installserver:/u02/solaris_10_sparc host1 sun4u
cleaning up preexisting install client "host1"
removing ecb1 from bootparams
removing /etc/bootparams, since it is empty
removing /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_10-1
removing /tftpboot
disabling tftp in /etc/inetd.conf
making /tftpboot
enabling tftp in /etc/inetd.conf
updating /etc/bootparams
copying boot file to /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_10-1My /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers are these:
# cat /etc/hosts
# Internet host table
10.145.1.11     host1
# cat /etc/ethers
00:03:ba:db:c5:8b host1
0:14:4f:0:f3:89 host1Also on my boot server there is a rarpd process started:
# ps -ef | grep rarp
    root  6816     1  0   Sep 15 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a
    root 20086  8769  0 10:33:24 pts/1    0:00 grep rarpAny ideas or any additional info needed?