From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 14:42:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2F12D85 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x231.google.com (mail-we0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E2DFA00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id u57so1818742wes.22 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:42:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=8hnuPqAIp/4shT+G0vO9hX33zwgfn25/xn6bkHtcC2M=; b=unU1xtxCYHlLXgm2p8KNG5eI3unBM1k5MiCVsBKW1X0VSmIzlgYxD6OrYOlMfwNVJG 9O4oDag9ZljStGyI0LWsONMBmzws2qKARX8QpBGij5I8paokmcehoK+rKblybEIODmQA 5UrmKBmpsGrqxvDe0h87FyyXDw7AduxuM/Qk6Ia5q8PZbIItVrGwTrGVYOB79QW2PRaD MawJ5mCz2kZE9l1zTdLtZx4pC8jEhJJI7HWRX8lv78JSvx2w7HoPC+j1/os6txIWCxnR rlowAbj+DCbnLa8FghBV1blUti2Wb7yML1++so+AIfNynIINzU8iShAUXLKbmpY9SK4L 8igQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.19.138 with SMTP id f10mr5548449wie.11.1395931370792; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.40.72 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:42:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1395733190404-5897432.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1395733190404-5897432.post@n5.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:42:50 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RB433AH failed to boot from bootp protocol From: Luiz Otavio O Souza To: Andy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:42:53 -0000 On 25 March 2014 04:39, Andy wrote: > I have two routerboards, RB433AH and I try to run FreeBSD on them. > I follow the steps from the following links: > > http://loos.no-ip.org/routerboard/ > https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/BuildingMIPS > > But both two methods failed to make RB433AH boot from network on my > computer. > > I am not quite sure about where the questions happens.But I suppose that > there is something wrong with the build script i used.Since after run the > build script,I didn't find any files under the tftpboot directory where it > should be installed with kernel.So I tried to install the kernel into > tftpboot directory by typing make in the cmd line, it works and install some > file under the tftpboot directory,but I still cannot boot the RB433AH up. > I also refer the netboot of FreeBSD of > PC(http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_with_netboot),in > this instruction, it copy the pxeboot directory into the tftpboot > directory.I have no idea about which files should I copy into tftpboot > directory,or should I still use the make installkernel command to install > the kernel into tftpboot directory. > > I also suppose that maybe there is something wrong with my dhcp > configuration.Since RB433AH even got the IP address from my computer's dhcp > server.But I was completely follow the dhcp step of two instructions.Maybe I > should use dnsmasq to do the dhcp configuration?Since I install openwrt into > RB433AH successfully by using dnsmasq. > > Can anyone offer some help l about running FreeBSD on the routerboard? > I would appreciate it if you could offer the detailed tutorial? > I also would like to know about if it is possible to install FreeBSD into > RB433AH 128MB flash.I know FreeBSD is much bigger than 128MB, but i see the > project which is called miniBSD, can it run on the routerboard's flash or > just install the boot file into flash and use the microSD card as disk? Andy, We don't have to tools to make FreeBSD boot from NAND on RB4xx yet, but the support is coming. Anyway, i can help you netboot your RB433, i just need more information about how it has failed, can you post some of your configuration and the RB console output ? Luiz