Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:56:31 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <20030107170325.C76189@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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At 03:03 8/01/2003, Wilko Bulte sent this up the stick: >On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 09:24:20AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > 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.. > >And in some cases you have to make sure you have the right SRM console >firmware version. For some revs netbooting was broken. OK ... this worries me. What is the "right version"? I'm running - from memory - 3.8 (whatever is the latest publically available) cheers, Rob -- A guy has to get fresh once in a while so the girl doesn't lose her confidence. This is random quote 145 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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