From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 19 19:16:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B79152D6 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:16:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@oldserver.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.105.241] (helo=mistress) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 11Sszu-0007Xc-00; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:16:06 +0000 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 04:15:49 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders To: "Andrew J. Rixon" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.2 Release Netboot Questions In-Reply-To: <199909192311.JAA04687@proof.maths.uq.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Andrew J. Rixon wrote: > There are 2 basic questions I have: > > Im trying to compile a kernel to put on a floppy which will bootup a pc and > allow it to then mount its rootfs via nfs. > > Problem 1: In the kernel config file there is a line something similar to: > > config kernel root on wd0 > > Is there a specification to have the rootfs via nfs? > I don't know about this. It is not in the current GENERIC and LINT files. There is a line in LINT you need, I think: options BOOTP_NFSROOT > Problem 2: > > The kernel Ive compiled does get the pc to send bootp requests to the server > and all goes well until it gets into a panic saying: > > Failed to set rootfs on /tftpboot (for example) > You have set up the tftpd correctly on the server? I suppose you read the diskless-x stuff on www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskless-x. If you want a more detailed breakdown of tftp etc., the NetBSD diskless HowTo is great: www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/index.html It helped me get things running on a diskless Sun3x. Marc -- Marc Schneiders marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message