Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:26:29 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Handbook 19.7 Diskless Operation: bug in configuring swap text Message-ID: <20040211192629.GG8821@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <40283DCC.1060702@users.sourceforge.net> References: <402624E2.8010607@users.sourceforge.net> <20040209214025.GI449@submonkey.net> <40283DCC.1060702@users.sourceforge.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:11:24AM +0900, Rob wrote: > > Ceri Davies wrote: > >On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:00:34PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>Section "19.7.1.6 Configuring Swap", on diskless operation, has a mistake, > >>that drove me almost crazy. It says there: > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>/etc/bootptab would use the following syntax instead: > >> > >>T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=64000 > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>The T129 here is totally wrong, because this T129 is a syntax error and > >>stops bootpd from working properly! > >> > >>So the second line above should be replaced by: > >> > >>T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=0000fa00 > > > >Rob, would an equivalent be: > > > > T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129="64000" > > > >I think that would be clearer for most users. > > > No, that doesn't work, unfortunately. > > Using the quoted decimal number, the kernel initially boots, but panics as > soon as it tries configuring the swap space. The message is something like: > > [...] > bootp panic: expected 4 bytes for swaplen not 6 bytes > rebooting.... > > Using unquoted hex numbers solvs this problem. OK, corrected. Thanks for the submission. Ceri -- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAKoHkocfcwTS3JF8RAjKqAJ9T7Hj38URjPXpiHhUQkBS2A2ev+QCgiCSr aG4O5Arj7UlFFomohRcf1dY= =dw2k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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