From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 16 19:05:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA13752 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:05:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from java.dpcsys.com (java.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA13746 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:05:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by java.dpcsys.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with SMTP id TAA28505; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:10:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow To: "J.A. Terranson" cc: "'FreeBSD Questions'" Subject: Re: Detailed cry for [bootp] help... In-Reply-To: <01BD9949.4C7BB540@slowbob.mfn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, J.A. Terranson wrote: > the contents of the cfg file are: > ip 204.238.179.205 > server 204.238.179.35 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > hostname demo.mfn.org > kernel kernel > rootfs 204.238.179.35:/tftpboot/204.238.179.205/rootfs > swapfs 204.238.179.35:/tftpboot/204.238.179.205/swapfs > swapsize 50000 Two thoughts. First, in a working cfg file, I have no IP xxx, just the HOSTNAME entry. I notice that demo.mfn.org is not in the DNS. Maybe this causes a problem??? I'd try hostname 204.238.179.205 or give demo an A record in the DNS. Second, and more likely, my kernel is explicitly in /, ie kernel /kernel > Now I have to assume that nfs mounts are ok, > since the kernel has been loaded, right? Nope, kernel isn't mounted by NFS. > (1) tftp is doing it's job, and then handing things off to bootp > (2) bootp is doing it's job, and handing things over to the kernel Pretty sure the order is bootp, tftp, load kernel > (3) the kernel begins ok, and then after probing for devices, > attempts to mount it's filesystems (again?), and fails, causing > the panic. Yep, with an NFS mount failure. > Has *anyone* ever gotten this to work under 2.2.5R? If so, Pretty sure mine are 2.2.2 (don't have one handy to look at) > would you be willing to part with some setup info? Your's looks fine with the two exceptions noted above. Let me know what happens with those. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message