From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 7 16:55:57 2003 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 A6AC837B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:55:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta02.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D436A43ED1 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:55:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20030108005542.LCQD15953.mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:55:42 +1100 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108114809.01d08400@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: rbyrnes@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:51:32 +1100 To: ticso@cicely.de From: Rob B Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 00:41 8/01/2003, Bernd Walter sent this up the stick: >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. >A NFS server to hold the / filesystem. Got it >A bootp which sents several parameters such as bootfiles, IP, ... I'm using isc-dhcpd >A TFTP server to hold netboot. Got it >This is an example of what you need to configure the isc dhcpd server: > >option root-path defines the nfsserver with the / filesystem. >The etc/fstab in this filessystem should point to nfs. >filename and next-server point to the TFTP server holding the >netboot image (from /boot/netboot). >The kernel is on the NFS server just as it would be on a normal UFS >base / filesystem. But where do I find the kernel to move it to the NFS server? I've moved /boot/netboot to the /tftpboot directory and now I need to find the kernel that I built, and put it in the NFS-mounted root directory. Thanks for the comprehensive info :) Rob -- You can't lick the system, but you can certainly give it a damn good fondling ... This is random quote 1244 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