Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:58:42 +0200 From: Michiel Boland <boland37@xs4all.nl> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.2-RC1 sparc install via network problems Message-ID: <52009092.8000806@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20130806015344.GA62529@alchemy.franken.de> References: <51FFE2A8.3040504@xs4all.nl> <20130806015344.GA62529@alchemy.franken.de>
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On 08/06/2013 03:53, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 07:36:40PM +0200, Michiel Boland wrote: >> Hi. I have some problems installing 9.2-RC1 on sparc64 via the network >> >> I have a dhcp server, and an NFS server that exports the disc1 ISO. >> >> Relevant portions of dhcpd.conf: >> >> filename "boot/loader"; >> option root-path "<ip-address-of-nfs-server>:/cdrom"; >> >> The boot/loader was copied from the install image. The tftpboot directory is >> otherwise empty. (So no loader.conf etc.) > > Do you also have 'next-server' in there? I'm buffled how TFTPing > the loader could work without one ... There is a next-server line; it was in another location in the dhcpd.conf, so I did not think to copy that, sorry. [...] > U10 are still supported, why should they have been dropped? :) > In fact, the 9.2 images have been tested on a U10 before they were > published. I also found an ISP 1040 card, which works just fine > here. > So this indeed could be a hardware problem causing a PCI access to > fail, which typically causes very strange backtraces like the > incomplete one above. Ok. I'll take out the pci cards - let's see if I can get it to boot then. > So far, that's expected as you seem to also have copied over the > /etc/fstab from disc1. Right. I thought I could take a shortcut by just mdconfig-ing the install image and mounting and exporting that. Cheers Michiel
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