Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:48:45 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: netboot on alpha Message-ID: <19991215224845.B3729@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912151036410.51079-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>; from dfr@nlsystems.com on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:37:03AM %2B0000 References: <19991214215644.A35183@yedi.iaf.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912151036410.51079-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:37:03AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>
> > Has anybody recently tested the netboot functionality of FreeBSD/alpha?
> >
> > Reason for asking is that an older netboot exec seems to work:
> >
> > FreeBSD/alpha SRM net boot, Revision 0.1
> > (root@alpine.iaf.nl, Tue Oct 19 18:47:13 CEST 1999)
> > Memory: 98304 k
> >
> > but the one in -current does not appear to.
>
> I haven't tested it for a couple of months.
I did a bit more experimenting:
using a freshly built 'netboot' out of the 'old' sources gives me:
>>> boot ez0 -fi "kernel"
INIT-S-CPU...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ...
AUDIT_BOOT_REQ kernel
Host server IP address is 192.168.200.22
AUDIT_BSERVER_FOUND
AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS
AUDIT_LOAD_DONE
?02 KSP INVAL
PC= 00000000.00000000 PSL= 00000000.00001F00
>>>
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The older netboot excutable (built in october) gives:
>>> boot ez0 -fi "kernel"
INIT-S-CPU...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ...
AUDIT_BOOT_REQ kernel
Host server IP address is 192.168.200.22
AUDIT_BSERVER_FOUND
AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS
AUDIT_LOAD_DONE
Console: SRM firmware console
VMS PAL rev: 0x100010538
OSF PAL rev: 0x2012d
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.
FreeBSD/alpha SRM net boot, Revision 0.1
(root@alpine.iaf.nl, Tue Oct 19 18:47:13 CEST 1999)
Memory: 98304 k
boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:3c:61:45
net_open: server addr: 192.168.200.22
net_open: server path: /usr/sandpiper
boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:3c:61:45
net_open: server addr: 192.168.200.22
net_open: server path: /usr/sandpiper
boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:3c:61:45
net_open: server addr: 192.168.200.22
net_open: server path: /usr/sandpiper
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [kernel] in 5 seconds...
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
net0:>
net0:>
[etc]
In looking at the cvs logs I don't see a reason why it should have
stopped working. Far fetched: the change in compiler?
W/
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