Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:02:29 -0600 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Al <al@datazap.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netboot X5000 Message-ID: <20190204130229.4228eb4c@ralga.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <f763735b-afd8-626c-e1a7-24f71f52b1f2@datazap.net> References: <f763735b-afd8-626c-e1a7-24f71f52b1f2@datazap.net>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 02:06:19 +0100 Al <al@datazap.net> wrote: > Hello, > > After months of going in the wrong direction with this, I think I am > finally on the right track. I came across: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/UBoot-Install I have successfully > followed all the steps until where it says: "Once booted to netboot". > It does not document how to set up a netboot for a uboot machine. And > I have searched for hours looking for information on how to netboot > an X5000 without success. Does anyone know where I could find some > documentation on netbooting the X5000? > > Kind Regards, > Al Hi Al, I can't say I've setup a 'proper' netboot system, but when I was doing my bringup for the X5000 (and writing that wiki page) my netboot consisted of a isc-dhcp server and a tftp server with the kernel and dtb files. The kernel at the time was a uImage, as demonstrated on the wiki page. However, now it's possible (and I strongly encourage) to use ubldr to boot the kernel. I will update the wiki page as soon as I get the last piece of the puzzle committed for placing ubldr in the right place at install time. An alternative would be to create a release image (make buildworld buildkernel KERNCONF=QORIQ64 TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64; make -C release/ cdrom TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64), put that image onto a USB stick and "netbooting" ubldr (put ubldr on a tftp server, and boot that), and setting the loader to boot from the USB stick. You might be able to just boot straight to ubldr on the USB stick, too. - Justin
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