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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2000 19:36:45 -0700
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Chris Csanady <cc@137.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netbooting..
Message-ID:  <20000219193644.A81810@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>; from cc@137.org on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 04:26:44PM -0600
References:  <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>

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On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 16:26:44 -0600, Chris Csanady wrote:
> Ok, I have tried several things, but I have yet to get FreeBSD to boot
> over the network.  These are test machines, and I need to have more than
> one OS on them.
> 
> At first, I was trying bootp'ing the loader, but using a local filesystem
> as the root.  It looks like the loader was not intended to be used this
> way though.
> 
> Right now, I would be happy netbooting the entire system, but I can't get
> this to work either.  I am using the Feb 8 snapshot, and I continually
> get the following:
> 
> FreeBSD/alpha SRM net boot, Revision 0.1
> (jkh@beast.freebsd.org, Tue Feb  8 11:30:11 GMT 2000)
> Memory: 131072 k
> boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:86:77:45
> net_open: server addr: 147.155.137.1
> net_open: server path: /raid/diskless/ariel
> .
> .
> Mounting root from nfs:147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel
> no such device 'ariel'
> setrootbyname failed
> panic: nfs_mountroot: socreate(0000): 43
> 
> My bootptab entry looks like
> 
> .default.freebsd:\
>         :sa=147.155.137.1:hd=/scl/boot:bf=netboot:\
>         :rp="147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel":\
>         :sm=255.255.254.0:\
>         :gw=147.155.136.252:\
>         :hn:ht=ether:vm=rfc1048:\
>         :ds=147.155.137.2,147.155.137.3:
> ariel:ip=147.155.137.91:ha=08002B867745:tc=.default.freebsd:
> 
> and the fstab has 
> 
> 147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel / nfs rw 0 0
> 
> Am I misssing something?  The nfs server is actually an Irix box
> if it matters.  The bootp/tftp server is different..

FWIW, I'm having similar problems with a DEC3000/300 box I'm trying to
netboot.  (It took me a while to figure out that I had to boot "ez0"
instead of "esa0" to get bootp instead of MOP.)

My bootptab looks like this:

modena.plutotech.com: \
        :ht=ethernet:ha=08002bbb4eb3: \
        :ip=206.168.67.197:sm=255.255.255.128: \
        :sa=206.168.67.172:bf=netboot:rp=/b/modena: \
        :vm=rfc10248

I get through the first part of the kernel boot, and then I get this
(copied by hand, I'm not using a serial console):

Mounting root from nfs:subway:/b/modena
no such device 'modena'
setroobyname failed
panic: nfs_mountroot: socreate(0000): 43

The stack trace is:

Debugger()
panic()
nfs_mountroot()
nfs_mount()
vfs_mountroot_try()
vfs_mountroot()
mi_startup()
locorestart()

I may try to track this down tomorrow.  It seems like it should be
solveable.  BTW, I'm running with -current as of ~February 12th, I think,
and I'm netbooting (bootp, tftp and NFS) off a FreeBSD/alpha box.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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