From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 07:16:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87BBA106566C for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 07:16:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from kabab.cs.huji.ac.il (kabab.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40F288FC12 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 07:16:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by kabab.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1LKoYw-000A3a-7s; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:40:14 +0200 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Attila Nagy In-reply-to: <4964F9BB.3020407@fsn.hu> References: <4964EB20.5070709@fsn.hu> <4964F9BB.3020407@fsn.hu> Comments: In-reply-to Attila Nagy message dated "Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:51:39 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:40:14 +0200 From: Danny Braniss Message-ID: Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pxeboot does not work on Sun X4540 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:16:35 -0000 > Attila Nagy wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to boot FreeBSD 8-CURRENT on a Sun X4540 (2xquad core > > Opteron, 64 GB memory, 48 SATA disks (in fact 47, the 48th is a write > > optimized SSD, because this box is a 7210 OpenStorage "appliance", > > running OpenSolaris) on LSI controllers, nvidia NIC) from our boot > > server without success. > > > > The PXE on the NIC downloads pxeboot with TFTP, but then gets stuck at > > loading the kernel: > > http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-6.png > > > > pxeboot is configured to load the kernel via NFS (the default) and > > according to the tcpdump output, the client (X4540) issues an NFS > > GETPORT call and gets the response from the NFS server and then > > nothing else happens. > > > > I've tried with LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT=YES and the result is the same, > > the only difference is that the machine stops sending packets after > > the first TFTP read request (for /boot/boot.4th.split), which doesn't > > exist, so the server sends the answer and then nothing comes back from > > the X4540 box. > > > > It seems that it gets to send exactly one packet, then freezes. > > > > What else should be done to debug this problem? > > > > Thanks, > BTW, the last FreeBSD 8-CURRENT snapshot from december boots fine (at > least I can get to sysinstall, I haven't yet tried installation, because > I wouldn't like to touch the boot drives, which house the OpenSolaris > image -that's why I want to boot from the net). > older pxeboot - pre interrupt handling fixes - work ok, so you can use that instead. danny > I would like to do a FreeBSD vs. OpenSolaris comparison on this machine, > so please help. :) > > Thanks, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >