From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 17:04:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9498716A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA00C43D5A for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:04:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B1B5372DC7; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:04:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5E572DBF; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:04:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:04:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jeff Blank In-Reply-To: <20040115212421.GA14803@mtu.edu> Message-ID: <20040116170343.T93165@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040115212421.GA14803@mtu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-RELEASE miniroot X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 01:04:40 -0000 On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Jeff Blank wrote: > Can someone clue me in on how sparc64/5.2-RELEASE/miniroot/miniroot.ufs.gz > is to be used? I can't find any mention of it in the install docs on > the FreeBSD FTP server or web site. I had assumed it was a bootable > filesystem for starting an installer (like OpenBSD's minirootXX.fs > is), but my Ultra5 refuses to boot it. I guess I'm not surprised, > though, since it doesn't look much like a filesystem when I view the > first few bytes of the file, and it also seems rather bigger than a > miniroot would need to be. So I guess at this point, I'm mostly just > curious as to what it's for. Well first of all its gzipped so you'd need to undo that. I think its mainly targetted if you want to do a netboot and you need a filesystem for the kernel to grab. Since all Suns have built in netboot capability, you could exploit that to do automated installs and the like, or just run diskless. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org