Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:23:35 +0200 From: "Andreas Brodmann" <brodmann@gmaare.migros.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: diskless booting with pxeboot and nfs root Message-ID: <002101c01f28$ea6abaf0$62820ea4@unixspec>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] So far my machine boots, loads the pxeboot file from the tftp server and then goes on loading the kernel. The kernel initializations is still ok, but when coming to the place where it is supposed to mount its root filesystem it aborts with the following message: > no B_DEVMAGIC (bootdev=0x38a68) > > Manual root filesystem specification: ... Can anyone help me with what value the bootdev bootdev variable needs? I have passed the nfs servers ip as well as the nfs root-path to the pxeboot via dhcp. Thanks for your help in advance. Andreas [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far my machine boots, loads the pxeboot file from</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the tftp server and then goes on loading the kernel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The kernel initializations is still ok, but when coming</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to the place where it is supposed to mount its root</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>filesystem it aborts with the following message:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> no B_DEVMAGIC (bootdev=0x38a68)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Manual root filesystem specification:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone help me with what value the bootdev</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bootdev variable needs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have passed the nfs servers ip as well as the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nfs root-path to the pxeboot via dhcp.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andreas</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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