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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2003 01:55:01 +0200
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>
To:        Tilman Linneweh <tilman@arved.de>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netbooting KSP INVAL
Message-ID:  <20030521235500.GE30678@cicely8.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <200305212319.h4LNJF7s037487@sauna.arved.de>
References:  <200305212319.h4LNJF7s037487@sauna.arved.de>

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On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 01:19:15AM +0200, Tilman Linneweh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Probably a FAQ but i haven't figured it out on my own.
> 
> I am trying to netboot a 3000er.
> 
> >>> boot ez0
> [..]
> AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS
> AUDIT_BOOT_REQ kernel.alpha
> Host Server IP address 192.168.2.4
> AUDIT_BSERVER_FOUND
> AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS
> ................
> AUDIT_LOAD_DONE
> 
> ?02 KSP INVAL
> 
> What am I doing wrong? kernel.alpha is the gunzipped kernel from the 4.8
> or 5.0 boot Floppy. 
> (I know I need a customized kernel for nfs mounting, but the GENERIC
> should at least load, before I start to crossbuilding.)

You have to boot the netboot image which then loads the kernel from
your / filesystem.
Support for 3000 was droped from 5.x because it never got further than
netbooting.
NetBSD has much better support for your system than FreeBSD ever had.

-- 
B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
ticso@bwct.de                                  info@bwct.de



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