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Date:      Wed, 20 May 1998 10:05:28 +0200 (MEST)
From:      Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: broken remote boot
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980520100528.werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
In-Reply-To: <199805152226.QAA24093@narnia.plutotech.com>

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On 15-May-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> In article <199805151243.OAA16044@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> you wrote:
>> I have a problem with diskless remote boot.
>> I verified, that the changes preventing remote boot
>> comes between May 6 and May 7 into the stable sources.
>> With a client kernel from May 6 remote boot is ok,
>> with a kernel from May 7 the boot fails with:
>> 
>>  "panic: cannot mount root"
>> 
>> The kernel loads vio bootp, checks the devices up to
>> "npx0: INT 16 interface", then comes the panic.
>> normally followes the lines:
>> NFS SWAP: ...
>> NFS ROOT: ...
>> 
>> Here are all files which change between May 6 and 7 :
> 
> It was probably the changes I made to autoconf.c, but as
> I don't perform any diskless booting it will be difficult
> for me to determine what exactly is causing the problem.
> Can you instrument i386/i386/autoconf.c and determin why
> it fails to consider an NFS root?
> 
>> Werner
> 
> --
> Justin
> 
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E-Mail: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
Date: 20-May-98
Time: 10:01:26

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Yesterday I found the buggy line in autoconf.c .
Remote boot is working again for me.
Attached is a unified diff for sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c .

Werner


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