Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:43:36 -0600 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@misty.eyesbeyond.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Netbooting 4.8 Message-ID: <20030828064336.GA70254@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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Hi all, Having given up cross-compiling in my quest to netboot my EB164 I gained access to an Alpha running 4.8 and compiled a kernel with the following options: options BOOTP options BOOTP_NFSROOT options BOOTP_WIRED_TO=de0 I've also tried kernels with and without: options BOOTP_NFSV3 options BOOTP_COMPAT just to be thorough with no change on the result. The machine gets the netboot binary ok via tftp, although the last few lines of that boot stage look a little fishy: net_open: server addr: 10.0.0.1 net_open: server path: /diskless/FreeBSD/alpha/4.8 Loader version 0.3+ required Aborted! start not found However, the kernel proceeds to boot and gets right to the point where it tries to mount its root file system. I then see: mounting root from nfs:10.0.0.1:/diskless/FreeBSD/alpha/4.8 missing device name setrootbyname failed bootpc_init: wired to interface 'de0' Sending DHCP discover packet from interface de0 (00:00:f8:06:5f:f3) DHCP/BOOTP timeout for server 255.255.255.255 and the last line just repeats ad infinitum. I've got this machine netbooting NetBSD 1.6.1 and OpenBSD 3.3 so I know it can netboot :). Any pointers as to what I may need to configure differently would be appreciated. Also, if someone out there is netbooting 4.8 at the moment, I'd love to compare your configuration to mine and see if I can't find the problem that way. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.orghelp
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