Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 14:49:44 +0930 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: NFS diskless on -current Message-ID: <199905290519.OAA07075@gizmo.internode.com.au>
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I tried to upgrade my diskless router this afternoon to -current as
cvsupped last night.
I can't make it boot, though.
The configuration it has been using since it was last rebuilt
from Feb 24's -current (and which has been working for longer than
I care to remember) is:
- /etc/bootptab features:
yeahwhatever:\
:ha=000021409773:\
:ip=YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY:\
:sm=255.255.255.240:\
:ht=ether:\
:sa=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:
- /tftpboot/freebsd.YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY specifies:
hostname yeahwhatever
netmask 255.255.255.240
rootfs XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/export/root/dotat
swapfs XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/export/swap/dotat
swapsize 20480
- kernel config mentions NFS_ROOT and NFS.
- kernel built with KERNFORMAT=aout ('cos loader is too stupid to
do NFS just now).
It now panics with "Can't mount root" when I boot it. And yes, I have
updated the kernel config for new-bus.
I noticed the BOOTP stuff in LINT, but that's been there for a while and
I've never needed to use it before. I turned it on anyway just to see
what happens, but tcpdump doesn't show it sending any bootp requests.
I'm obviously missing something really stupid. Would anyone care to
educate me about changes to diskless booting with NFS root filesystems
since February 24?
- mark
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