Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:23:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com> To: sanpei@sanpei.org (MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro) Cc: ambrisko@whistle.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: etherboot-4.1p9 Message-ID: <199910181623.JAA03628@whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199910181532.AAA09006@lavender.yy.cs.keio.ac.jp> from MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro at "Oct 19, 99 00:32:56 am"
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MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro writes: | >Using etherboot with FreeBSD 3.1, The etherboot can load kernel but = | >cannot mount root even I already exported in /etc/exports : | > | >/usr/diskless/tftpboot/192.168.0.4 -maproot=3D0:0 192.168.0.4 | > | >What should I do ? | | Did you use etherboot? I use 3.1-RELEASE and etherboot-4.1p9. I | can boot from network and mount / partition(yes, I can use | diskless). | | Did you add below options to diskless kernel configuration? | | options NFS #Network File System | options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device | options BOOTP # Use BOOTP to obtain IP address/hostname | options BOOTP_NFSROOT # NFS mount root filesystem using BOOTP info | options BOOTP_NFSV3 # Use NFS v3 to NFS mount root | options BOOTP_COMPAT # Workaround for broken bootp daemons. | options BOOTP_WIRED_TO=fxp0 # Use interface fxp0 for BOOTP | ~~~~ your bootp interface name Can you give us the last few lines of the kernel boot messages, they should look like: bootpc_init: using network interface 'fxp0' Bootpc testing starting bootpc hw address is 0:a0:c9:c7:e1:6f My ip address is 192.168.2.3 Server ip address is 192.168.2.254 Gateway ip address is 0.0.0.0 Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 rootfs is 192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/current Ignoring field type 28 swapfs is 192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/current Truncated fieldmd_lookup_swap: Swap size is 128 KB NFS ROOT: 192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/current NFS SWAP: 192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/current My export line is: /usr -alldirs -maproot=root So I don't have to worry about export the exact directory. When you get it working then you can try to tune to only the directory you want. FYI, you don't need the "BOOTP_WIRED_TO" options unless you have multiple NICs and the first one is not the netbooted one. I submited that feature because I have several netboot machines with multiple NICs. Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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