This README outlines tips for installing OpenIndiana on SPARC:
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1.) Possible installation paths:
    ----------------------------
a  Installation using CDROM/DVD drives, choose from the sizes below
   as you see fit:
   ISO image: 425M OpenIndiana_Min_SPARC_07_2023.iso
   ISO image: 776M OpenIndiana_Text_SPARC_07_2023.iso

b  Installation using USB sticks using the image below, please decompress,
   as root, before use:

   # xz -d OpenIndiana_Text_SPARC_07_2023.usb.xz
   # /usr/bin/dd if=<image> of=/dev/rdsk/cXtXdXpX bs=4194304

2.) Booting faster from the network using hme interfaces:
    -----------------------------------------------------

If the use-nvramrc? OBP variable is set to true, please clear it, before
reconfiguring your hardware:

setenv use-nvramrc? false
reset-all

it should look like this line afterwards:
use-nvramrc?          false                          false

After the system has reset, this is a copy/paste session of the commands
needed to enable the so called bit-bang-mode:

nvedit
probe-all install-console banner
cd net
patch drop ms get-hme-status
patch use-frame-mode use-bit-bang-mode set-vectors
device-end

Press Control-C.

nvstore
setenv use-nvramrc? true
setenv fcode-debug? true
reset-all

And here's a recording:

Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.25, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #10213908.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:aa:bb:cc, Host ID: 80aabbcc.

ok nvedit
   0: probe-all install-console banner
   1: cd net
   2: patch drop ms get-hme-status
   3: patch use-frame-mode use-bit-bang-mode set-vectors
   4: device-end
   5: ^C
{0} ok nvstore
{0} ok setenv use-nvramrc? true
use-nvramrc? =        true
{0} ok setenv fcode-debug? true
fcode-debug? =        true
{0} ok reset-all
Resetting ...

Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.25, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #10213908.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:aa:bb:cc, Host ID: 80aabbcc.

{0} ok boot net:speed=100 -rv

That way, the initial boot from the network will be much faster.

3.) Reconfiguration of input/output devices:
    ----------------------------------------

{1} ok setenv output-device ttya
{1} ok setenv input-device ttya
{1} ok reset-all
Resetting ...

copy paste:
setenv output-device ttya
setenv input-device ttya
reset-all

Note this is needed for systems which have an onboard graphics controller,
otherwise it is not possible to boot into the installation menu.

4.) During the first system reboot, you may see this warning:

    WARNING: consconfig: cannot find driver for screen device /SUNW,ffb@1e,0

    this is due to the fact that I missed to integrate them into the current
    build, somehow they were missed on the way. Anyhow, up to now they don't
    make any sense until Xorg runs on SPARC.
    But they can be installed if you wish the warning to disappear.

5.) Installation using the network:
    -------------------------------

    To install over the network, you need:
	1. /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd
	2. /usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a
	3. /usr/lib/inet/dhcpd
	4. /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

    The old JumpStart method was abandoned by OpenSolaris, so this is a kind
    of revival for it. I used the /sbin/bpgetfile binary from SNV_130 to
    temporary re-enable network installs for SPARC, and have fixed the SMF
    startup procedures during network boot, to make svcs -xv happy when
    the installation menu is reached. The modified network boot needs valid
    DHCP parameters for DNS domain and DNS server settings, because
    /etc/resolv.conf will be built on the fly, and the responsible service
    will be restarted during network boot.

    Example /etc/bootprams entry:
    ----------------------------
    oinode1  root=gandalf:/export/boot/oi_sparc/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot \
	install=gandalf:/os/install/oi_sparc boottype=:in rootopts=:rsize=8192

6.) Setup NetBoot/CDROM share:
    --------------------------
    NetBoot share:
    Copy file oi-sparc-netboot.tar.xz from the ftp site and unpack it.
    The following example uses my personal setup, therefore please substitute
    your own path names:

    mkdir -p /export/boot/oi_sparc
    cd /export/boot/oi_sparc
    cp <from where ever>/oi-sparc-netboot.tar.xz .
    xzcat oi-sparc-netboot.tar.xz | tar xpf -
    rm oi-sparc-netboot.tar.xz

    CDROM share:
    ------------
    mkdir -p /os/install/oi_sparc
    lofiadm -a /<path-to-iso-folder>/OpenIndiana_Text_SPARC_07_2023.iso
    mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
    cd /mnt
    find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmu /os/install/oi_sparc

    Share both NFS paths (boot/install) using sharenfs:
    share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/boot/oi_sparc/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot
    share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /os/install/oi_sparc

    that's it - have fun installing systems using the network, as a certain
    company used to say: "The Network is the Computer"