Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:56:56 +0200 From: Marco Molteni <molter@tin.it> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless broken in 6.x ? Message-ID: <20051006085656.3246a510.molter@tin.it> In-Reply-To: <20051005201414.GB5729@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20051005210758.15763976.molter@tin.it> <20051005201414.GB5729@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:14:14 -0700 Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:07:58PM +0200, Marco Molteni wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to boot a diskless box (via PXE), both server and > > diskless run FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4. The diskless machine hangs after > > printing the date on the console. I added debug output to /etc/rc, > > /etc/initdiskless and finally /sbin/init. It seems to hang in init > > after calling multi_user(). > > > > A bit before the hang, rc.initdiskless does > > sysctl -n kern.bootp_cookie and it prints: > > sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.bootp_cookie' > > > > Is this a known issue? I can upgrade to -current if needed. > > > > PS in the process of setting up the diskless root I also updated > > clone_root to work with fbsd > 4.x, retaining 4.x compatibility, > > seems to work fine. > > It works for me basicly the same way it has since 4.x. I don't use > the clone_root procedure and use installworld/kernel with DESTDIR set. mmmh, I'll try installworld then. thanks marco -- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20051006085656.3246a510.molter>