From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 10 04:07:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37FDB16A4CF for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 04:07:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a.mail.sonic.net (a.mail.sonic.net [64.142.16.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0369A43D55 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 04:07:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from milo@cyberlifelabs.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (adsl-209-204-178-103.sonic.net [209.204.178.103]) by a.mail.sonic.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9A47dO1023551 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:07:39 -0700 From: Milo Hyson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097381259.88659.5.camel@baka.exp.lab.cyberlifelabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:07:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: /sbin/init not being loaded X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 04:07:40 -0000 I'm in the process of setting up a diskless client, and when the kernel (GENERIC from 4.10-RELEASE) boots it fails to load /sbin/init, reverting instead to /stand/sysinstall which loads and runs just fine. The init program exists in the proper directory on the server, but it just won't load. The kernel gives no error message. I've verified I'm using the right filesystem by renaming /stand/sysinstall to something else, which causes the client to panic (as it should). I tried boot -v, which just confirms that /sbin/init is being tried (as is /sbin/oinit and /sbin/init.bak). However, nothing seems to work except for sysinstall. Any suggestions? -- Milo Hyson Chief Mad Scientist CyberLife Labs