Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:16:34 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting.. Message-ID: <20000217191633.B1346@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>; from cc@137.org on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 04:26:44PM -0600 References: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 04:26:44PM -0600, Chris Csanady wrote: > Ok, I have tried several things, but I have yet to get FreeBSD to boot > over the network. These are test machines, and I need to have more than > one OS on them. > > At first, I was trying bootp'ing the loader, but using a local filesystem > as the root. It looks like the loader was not intended to be used this > way though. > > Right now, I would be happy netbooting the entire system, but I can't get > this to work either. I am using the Feb 8 snapshot, and I continually > get the following: > > FreeBSD/alpha SRM net boot, Revision 0.1 > (jkh@beast.freebsd.org, Tue Feb 8 11:30:11 GMT 2000) > Memory: 131072 k > boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:86:77:45 > net_open: server addr: 147.155.137.1 > net_open: server path: /raid/diskless/ariel > . > . > Mounting root from nfs:147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel > no such device 'ariel' > setrootbyname failed > panic: nfs_mountroot: socreate(0000): 43 It's been a while ago that I experimented with netboot on alpha. I had similar problems IIRC. If only I remembered the details.. :( This was on a DEC3000/400 booting from a Miata BTW. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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