From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 01:16:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40CFB16A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:16:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8098043D55 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:16:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) i5I1FxaI084750 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:16:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5I1F8Ui086125 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5I1F8Vm083387; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5I1F7J7083386; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:15:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:15:07 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Stephen Jones Message-ID: <20040618011506.GQ80675@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <200406151857.i5FIv5Wu028133@egsner.cirr.com> <20040616074051.GJ32239@interwoven.com> <20040617105113.GZ68640@cicely12.cicely.de> <7F2587D8-C0C1-11D8-9CD8-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7F2587D8-C0C1-11D8-9CD8-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on cicely5.cicely.de cc: ticso@cicely.de cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooting an install kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:16:44 -0000 On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 05:50:30PM -0700, Stephen Jones wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:51 AM, Bernd Walter wrote: > >So we have no device.hints in place. > >Do we already have a way for loading hints in case of netbooting? > >Otherwise the netbooting kernel needs hardcoded hints. > >AFAIK my last netbooting alpha was still 4.x so I never run into > >that problem myself. > > I've not tried using the 4.x stuff, but its probably just to stick with > 5.2.1 if we could get a net-bootable install kernel. There is a > device.hints > file, but I'm not sure that it does any good. Anyway, let me know where > I could grab one, that would be great. OK netboot should work perfectly. After reviewing your original boot log it seems that you manualy booted the kernel - under normal conditions netboot should read his configuration including kernel and device.hints. Maybe something else with the loader scripts is wrong and cuts progress. What does your /boot contain? -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de