From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 7 16:56:35 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 CB15137B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:56:33 -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 ED9DC43E4A for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:56:32 -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 <20030108005632.LCXP15953.mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:56:32 +1100 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@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 11:56:31 +1100 To: Wilko Bulte From: Rob B Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG 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> 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 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