From owner-freebsd-small Tue Nov 7 8:13:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from relay3.mail.uk.psi.net (relay3.mail.uk.psi.net [154.32.109.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11C0037B4CF for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:13:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.plasmon.co.uk ([193.115.5.217]) by relay3.mail.uk.psi.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 13tBNN-00049L-00 for freebsd-small@freebsd.org; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:13:33 +0000 Received: from virgo.software.plasmon ([193.115.4.42]) by mail.plasmon.co.uk (Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.4 (830.2 3-23-1999)) with SMTP id 80256990.0059494F; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:15:14 +0000 Received: from mail by virgo.software.plasmon with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13tBHa-000HS0-00 (FreeBSD); Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:07:34 +0000 Received: from dsw by panic.software.plasmon with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 13tBPI-0001Kc-00 (Debian); Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:15:32 +0000 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:15:32 +0000 From: Dave Swegen To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Moving from 3.0 to 4.1 Message-ID: <20001107161532.F1927@software.plasmon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! We're currently in the process of moving one of our products from 3.0 to 4.1, and it would seem that we also need to upgrade the install kernel we use in order to cope with the switch from wd based device names to ad based device names. The system we use currently is as follows: We use a bootp server which sends a kernel containing an MFS to the device, which is mounted via vn0. The system in the kernel then partions the HD, and requests tarballs which contain the system to be installed on the HD. The first problem we encountered was that the old 3.0 based system, despite being given 4.1 bootblocks to use failed to mount / , as it insisted on trying to mount a partiton on wd0, rather than ad0 (which had been detected during boot), and of course stopped with a device not configured failure. We therefore decided to try using a 4.1 kernel, with the same settings. Which is where we encountered the first problem. The "config kernel root on vn0" line we used is now obsolete, and the closest thing in LINT now is the 'options ROOTDEVNAME=\"mfs:vn0\"' line we are using at the moment. Add to this that MFS seems to have been replaced by MD (on which I can find very little information), and life has suddenly become...interesting :) At the moment the install fails either after reading the kernel from the bootp server, or fails to detect the server altogether. Anyway, I would much appreciate any pointers on what I might be doing wrong, and if any more information is required, let me know. Cheers Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message