Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:01:29 +0100 From: User Rob <rob@debank.tv> To: Joao Pedras <jpedras@webvolution.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advice on fine tuning diskless boot Message-ID: <3DD3ACB9.2070609@debank.tv> References: <1037146648.3dd19a183ee31@mail.webvolution.net>
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Looks to me your rc.diskless script is usig the fstab you created in making the root file system look in man diskless for /conf/default/etc/fstab I think you'll find what you need there. Rob Joao Pedras wrote: >Hello all! > >Two small issues... > >1) After sucessfully configuring a set of systems which come up diskless (thank >you for the fine documentation), these still try to mount root from /dev/ad0s1a: > >. >. >Adjusted interface xl0 >Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a >no such device 'ad' >setrootbyname failed >ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp >Root mount failed: 6 >Mounting root from nfs: >NFS ROOT: 192.168.200.3:/diskless_root >NFS SWAP: 192.168.200.3:/diskless_swap >. >. > >After this the system comes up fine. > >The kernel is compiled without ata and friends. Should a kernel option like >ROOTDEVNAME be used ? > >I checked the 'loader' and 'pxeboot' documentation, the mailing lists and it is >not obvious how to "fix" this. > >2. do you see any inconvenient in totally removing all UFS options from the >kernel ? These systems have no hard drives... > >That's all for now. Thank you for time. > >Joao > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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