From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 06:55:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5B916A420 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 06:55:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from molter@tin.it) Received: from vsmtp4.tin.it (vsmtp4.tin.it [212.216.176.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A988A43D58 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 06:55:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from molter@tin.it) Received: from tortellino.codalunga (82.122.102.56) by vsmtp4.tin.it (7.2.060.1) (authenticated as molter@tin.it) id 4341A4F1001631F3; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:55:52 +0200 Received: by tortellino.codalunga (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3090E80C3; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:56:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:56:56 +0200 From: Marco Molteni To: Brooks Davis 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless broken in 6.x ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:55:59 -0000 On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:14:14 -0700 Brooks Davis 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