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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:56:29 -0400
From:      "Frank Griffith" <frank@dfw.dynip.com>
To:        <freebsd-small@freebsd.org>
Subject:   PicoBSD Boot halts with init error
Message-ID:  <001e01c264ef$2daa6be0$d564a8c0@miami.dynip.com>

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SYSTEM:  Pentium 166 w/92MB RAM
OS: FreeBSD-4.6-RELEASE
This system has been running 4.6-REL for over a month as
a NAT+IPFW Gateway for private Class C network.

I've been toying around with various embedded systems in the
last few days and PicoBSD peaks my interest. So I loaded the
sources on my FreeBSD 4.6 server, stuck in a 3½" floppy
and then followed the docs to the best I could. Here's my
command list:

cd /home/my_home_dir
mkdir pico
cd pico
cp -R /usr/src/release/picobsd/net mysys

I then edited the ./net/PICOBSD file to adjust the IRQ on ed1
and enabled the serial port for COM3, IRQ5. I also edited the
floppy.tree/etc/ppp/ppp.conf file with the settings for my ISP
and I inserted an floppy.tree/etc/firewall with the same rules
I use when the server runs 4.6-REL. Then I execute this
command:

picobsd mysys

Everything goes fine and the floppy gets written. I then reboot
the computer and the floppy starts booting, but it crashes each
time saying it cannot find init - Going nowhere without my init.

I tried the process three times and got the same results each
time. Can anyone offer some pointers here. This same system
has been running every version of FreeBSD since 1997 without
problem and it runs Freesco and Gnatbox quite well too. I'd
really like to get PicoBSD for it's flexibility.





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