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Date:      Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:21:49 +0100
From:      Gianluca Camporeale <gias@eyenet.it>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFS install writability on Netra t1 105
Message-ID:  <20060103142149.3311c15b@blackdog.umbrella.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060103013246.GB34161@uiuc.edu>
References:  <20060103013246.GB34161@uiuc.edu>

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Hi,
could you explain the procedure that you used to boot from
network and start installation from nfs? I'll tray netboot with
tftp installation on ultra2 and ultra5 machines but with no
fortune.
GC


On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:32:46 -0600
Nicholas Riley <njriley@uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE on a Netra t1 105
> over the network (the machine has no CD-ROM).  I've set up
> RARP, TFTP, DHCP and NFS servers, and get to the point that
> FreeBSD is booting from the NFS-mounted installation CD.  The
> NFS server is Mac OS X Server 10.4.3.
> 
> It seems to expect that some things are writable when they're
> not, however:
> 
> Trying to mount root from nfs:
> NFS ROOT: 10.0.0.3:/Users/Shared/FreeBSD_Install
> hme0: link state changed to UP
> Interface hme0 IP-Address 10.0.0.200 Broadcast 10.0.0.255
> Loading configuration files.
> eval: cannot open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point
> kickstart. eval: cannot open /etc/fstab: No such file or
> directory eval: cannot open /etc/fstab: No such file or
> directory fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> Warning! No /etc/fstab: skipping disk checks.
> fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> mount_nfs: can't update /var/db/mounttab for
> 10.0.0.3:/Users/Shared/FreeBSD_Install fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No
> such file or directory
> 
> Setting hostname: .
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> Generating nsswitch.conf.
> eval: cannot create /etc/nsswitch.conf: Read-only file system
> Generating host.conf.
> eval: cannot open /etc/nsswitch.conf: No such file or directory
> Additional routing options:.
> Starting devd.
> Mounting NFS file systems:fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or
> directory .
> fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory
> Creating and/or trimming log files:.
> Starting syslogd.
> /etc/rc: WARNING: Dump device does not exist.  Savecore not
> run. ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
> Starting local daemons:.
> Updating motdcp: /etc/motd: Read-only file system
> chmod: /etc/motd: Read-only file system
> .
> sendmail_submit: /etc/mail/aliases.db not present, generating
> hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db:
> Permission denied Jan  3 01:21:47  sendmail[350]: NOQUEUE:
> SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map
> file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Permission denied WARNING: cannot
> open alias database /etc/mail/aliases Cannot create database
> for alias file /etc/mail/aliases Jan  3 01:21:47
> sendmail[350]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Cannot create database
> for alias file /etc/mail/aliases
> sendmail_clientmqueue: /etc/mail/aliases.db not present,
> generating hash map "Alias0": unsafe map
> file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Permission denied Jan  3 01:21:47
> sendmail[352]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0":
> unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Permission denied
> WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/mail/aliases Cannot
> create database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases Jan  3
> 01:21:47  sendmail[352]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Cannot create
> database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases Initial sparc64
> initialization:. Additional ABI support:. Starting cron. Local
> package initialization:. Additional TCP options:. eval: cannot
> open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory Starting background
> file system checks in 60 seconds.
> 
> Tue Jan  3 01:21:48 UTC 2006
> ?Jan  3 01:21:49
> FreeBSD/sparc64 (Amnesiac) (ttyu0)
> 
> login: Jan  3 01:21:49  getty[397]: open /dev/ttyv2: No such
> file or directory
> 
> At this point I tried logging in as root and running
> sysinstall, which barfs trying to write various files or
> access the network.
> 
> I imagine I'm doing something wrong, but I can't see what.
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 



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