From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 19 7:54:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E818E11542 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:54:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA10299 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:42:37 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199902191342.OAA10299@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: netboot status ? (diskless related) To: current@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:42:37 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1182 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, given that now 3.1/4.0 seem to have better diskless support, i am in the need of building the boot images for the diskless workstation. Netboot does not support elf kernels, so i think i have the following alternatives: * use netboot with an aout kernel * build a bootable floppy with an ELF kernel (btw what is the magic sequence to put the appropriate stuff on the disk, something along the lines of fdformat fd0 disklabel ... newfs ... mount /dev/fd0 /mnt gzip < /sys/compile/DISKLESS/kernel > /mnt/kernel.gz umount /mnt but what are the right args for disklabel and newfs ? Also on the same subject i notice that RELENG_3 still has some wrong (old) references in /etc/rc to rc.diskless instead of rc.diskless[12], and the latter two files are missing. thanks luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO . EMAIL: luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione HTTP://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message