Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:18:41 +0100 From: Rob Evers <rob@debank.tv> To: Joao Pedras <jpedras@webvolution.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice on fine tuning diskless boot Message-ID: <3DD3CCE1.5080900@debank.tv> References: <1037146648.3dd19a183ee31@mail.webvolution.net> <3DD3AC53.10805@debank.tv> <1037289077.3dd3c675e6a72@mail.webvolution.net>
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No it's not your kernel talking there it's the init script already,
try putting the fstab file in:
${diskless_root}/conf/defaults/etc/
I have no fstab in ${diskless_root}/conf/base/etc
or in ${diskless_root}/conf/etc
Good luck
Rob
Joao Pedras wrote:
>Greetings Rob,
>
>here's my /etc/fstab. This initially resides in /conf before clone_root copies
>it to /diskless_root/conf.
>
>192.168.200.3:/usr /usr nfs ro 0 0
>proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
>
>I grep'ed all the files and checked the cpio's that clonet_root creates and
>there is no reference of /dev/ad0s1a. I am assuming that it is the kernel that
>tries to mount this by default.
>
>In fact this message is spit out by the kernel.
>
>Please cc: future replies to me as I am not subscribed to this list.
>
>Thanks for you help.
>
>Joao
>
>Quoting User Rob <rob@debank.tv>:
>
>
>
>>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
>>>
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