Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:06:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@fr.alcove.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: booting -current with etherboot? Message-ID: <200112292106.fBTL6VY89478@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <20011227172215.H26484@cedar.alcove-fr>
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Nicolas Souchu writes: | etherboot-5.0.3 doesn't boot my -current kernel. | | I previously had to upgrade the loader because of a similar problem when | booting a -current kernel with a -stable loader. | | What are exactly the differences? Etherboot boots a -stable kernel just fine. I'm using both 5.0.3 & just tried 5.0.4 and both work. Remember that you need to compile in the hints into the kernel. I just verified this netbooting FreeBSD inside vmware. # uname -a FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Dec 29 20:24:00 GMT 2001 ambrisko@a21p:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NETBOOT i386 # mount 192.168.254.1:/data/home/ambrisko/netboot on / (nfs) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) # swapinfo Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type [NFS swap] 130816 0 130816 0% Interleaved # In my kernel config I have: #To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints hints "NETBOOT.hints" #Default places to look for devices. My NETBOOT.hints is basically a copy of GENERIC.hints. Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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