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Subject: Re: 6.2-PRERELEASE/amd64 boot kernel.gz failes
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Danny Braniss wrote:
> originally posted to amd64@freebsd.org:
> 
> Hi,
> 	While trying to figure out why boot/pxeboot failes on some
> kernels/hosts, I think i've come up with one solid nogo,
> if the kernel is gzipped it always fails.
> 	Can someone confirm this? or am i suffering from some
> local problem?

I believe I've seen this before when booting i386 kernels from soekris
boards.  I've taken to using pxeboot to load netboot and then use
netboot to load a kernel as the netboot drivers are way faster (for
soekris at least).  Hopping through netboot also lets you have a menu to
select one of several kernels to load.

	Sam