Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:53:38 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115139.01d0a5c0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de>
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At 01:24 8/01/2003, Andrew Gallatin sent this up the stick: >Bernd Walter writes: > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:53:23PM +1100, Rob B wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my little Multia to netboot and run -CURRENT > > > diskless. I've made a new kernel config and built it on the server by > > > running > > > > > > >make buildkernel KERNCONF=MULTIA > > > > > > No problems there ... but where is the magic netbootable kernel? > > > > To boot from network you need to setup some services. > >In addition, I think you'll need > > options BOOTP > options BOOTP_NFSROOT > options BOOTP_WIRED_TO=de0 > >Perhaps you already have these, and I'm missing some context.. Yeah, had all that - read the manpage and the handbook, but I need to find the kernel that I built so I can move it to the NFS-mounted root directory. Also, is the _WIRED_TO statement needed? There is only one eth port on the box. Cheers, Rob -- What if there were no hypothetical questions? This is random quote 1183 of a collection of 1269 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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