From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 10 10:15:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA19042 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:15:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA19035 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:15:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id SAA27132 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:38:47 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199612101738.SAA27132@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: dosboot with netboot-like options ? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:38:46 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, by chance, has anyone modified dosboot to pass the kernel nfs_diskless info, so that the kernel can mount root swap and other stuff over nfs ? i have to make some diskless system which use a de0 card, not supported by netboot. I can use fbsdboot to boot the kernel from a floppy (or a DOS partition) but fbsdboot has no option to build a proper nfs_diskless structure. I don't know how easy to do is this, as one would need to start the kernel first, and only afterwards the net is accessible. Are there any alternatives ? Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________