Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:19:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netboot on a multia system Message-ID: <14265.56842.680302.912352@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu> References: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>
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David E. Cross writes: > I picked up one of those "free" multia systems. I am having > some difficulty in getting it to netboot. The problem that I have is > that it tftp's the boot file, prints some stuff on the screen, and then > almost immediately reboots. the Ethernet adapter in the machine is > referred to as "ewa0" any ideas? > I don't have a multia, so I'll just give you a stab in the dark... there might be problems with your firmware. I seem to remember that NetBSD has problems netbooting on this platform with newer firmware revs. Try using a serial console on it so you can read the message. Since the TGA is not yet supported as a console device, you'll probably want a serial console anyway. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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