I 'm trying to configure a WAN boot server on Solaris10 x86 for sparc clients ..
when i try to set up the server m getting following error
./setup_install_server -w /var/apache2/htdocs/wanboot10/wpath /var/apache2/htdocs/wanboot10/ipath
ERROR: Cannot make WAN boot Image file on this platform
You must create WAN boot Image file on one of these
platforms: sun4u
What could be the reason for this ? and how could i resolve this.
Have you created the WAN boot Miniroot?
how can we create the WAN boot miniroot ? 
use this for help:
Installing Over a Wide Area Network (Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations) - Sun Microsystems
The problem was that i was tryin it on x64 based system .. i tried it on Sparc machine and the miniroot image was created rt away but i hit another block .. if you guys can point me on it that would be gr8
{0} ok setenv network-boot-arguments host-ip= 10.63.25.208 ,router-ip= 10.63.24.1 ,subnet-mask= 255.255.252.0 hostname=essapl020-u012 ,filename=http://10.63.25.180/cgi-bin/wanbnetwork-boot-arguments = host-ip= 10.63.25.208 ,router-ip= 10.63.24.1 ,subnet-mask= 255.255.252.0 hostname=essapl020-u012 ,filename=http://10.63.25.180/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
{0} ok boot net - install Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/network@0 File and args: - install
Improperly formatted value for 'host-ip'
ERROR: boot-read fail
There should be no space after the equals (=) signs. For example, change
host-ip= 10.63.25.208
to
host-ip=10.63.25.208
i already tried that ..
{0} ok setenv network-boot-arguments host-ip=10.63.25.208, router-ip=10.63.24.1, subnet-mask=255.255.252.0, hostname=xxxx-u012 file=http://10.63.25.180/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
network-boot-arguments = host-ip=10.63.25.208, router-ip=10.63.24.1, subnet-mask=255.255.252.0, hostname=xxx-u012 file=http://10.63.25.180/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
{0} ok boot net - install
Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/network@0 File and args: - install
Unknown key ' router-ip'
Unknown key ' subnet-mask'
Unknown key ' hostname'
Manual Configuration: Host IP, boot server and filename must be specified
ERROR: boot-read fail