From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 11 22:02:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A78016A41F for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:02:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E4043D45 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:02:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from photon.meadownet ([82.41.10.85]) by smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:03:07 +0000 Received: from localhost.meadownet ([127.0.0.1] helo=photon.meadownet) by photon.meadownet with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1Ewo0b-0000WE-If; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:59:57 +0000 Received: (from brucec@localhost) by photon.meadownet (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k0BLxau4001997; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:59:36 GMT (envelope-from brucec) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:59:36 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Nicholas Riley Message-ID: <20060111215936.GA1929@photon.meadownet> References: <20060103013246.GB34161@uiuc.edu> <20060103142149.3311c15b@blackdog.umbrella.net> <20060103143746.GA40204@uiuc.edu> <20060103152402.GB40204@uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060103152402.GB40204@uiuc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2006 22:03:07.0749 (UTC) FILETIME=[CDD3E950:01C616FA] Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS install writability on Netra t1 105 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:02:11 -0000 --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:24:02AM -0600, Nicholas Riley wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:37:46AM -0600, Nicholas Riley wrote: > > From looking at boot/loader.conf on the CD, it looks like I'm supposed > > to get a MFS root, but instead I get a (read-only) NFS root. During > > boot I do see this line: > >=20 > > md0: Preloaded image 4194304 bytes at 0xc056435 > >=20 > > and I was able to mount /dev/md0 after startup, but I can't figure out > > how to get it to be used as a root device. >=20 > I tried copying over the corresponding portions of the mfsroot to the > CD-ROM, changing the NFS mount to read-write, and configuring the > network manually, but sysinstall then tries to install on /, as if I > were running it on an installed system. How do I get it to realize > that I'm doing an initial install, and to mount the target media > somewhere else? >=20 > I've seen several reports of people actually using the FreeBSD > installer on sparc64 (albeit in 5.x versions); is it supposed to work > still? > I've been struggling with exactly the same issues over the past few days, but have just managed to get sysinstall running correctly over NFS from my U5 to a i386 laptop. I think I was following some outdated instructions; when I started from scratch with the instructions at=20 http://gja.space4me.com/things/Using_pxeboot_Install53.html I had no problems whatsoever installing 6.0-RELEASE. -- Bruce Cran --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDxX/Hn4uvqcJsLfgRAgMCAJwMYRmyrHEUw4r9G1EyGMh6+23zlQCePmgc nLNOwclAN8mUNYYBRmhCXwQ= =5J/Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--