Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 10:05:28 +0200 (MEST) From: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: broken remote boot Message-ID: <XFMail.980520100528.werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <199805152226.QAA24093@narnia.plutotech.com>
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This message is in MIME format --_=XFMail.1.2.p0.FreeBSD:980520100528:4064=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 15-May-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > In article <199805151243.OAA16044@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> you wrote: >> I have a problem with diskless remote boot. >> I verified, that the changes preventing remote boot >> comes between May 6 and May 7 into the stable sources. >> With a client kernel from May 6 remote boot is ok, >> with a kernel from May 7 the boot fails with: >> >> "panic: cannot mount root" >> >> The kernel loads vio bootp, checks the devices up to >> "npx0: INT 16 interface", then comes the panic. >> normally followes the lines: >> NFS SWAP: ... >> NFS ROOT: ... >> >> Here are all files which change between May 6 and 7 : > > It was probably the changes I made to autoconf.c, but as > I don't perform any diskless booting it will be difficult > for me to determine what exactly is causing the problem. > Can you instrument i386/i386/autoconf.c and determin why > it fails to consider an NFS root? > >> Werner > > -- > Justin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Date: 20-May-98 Time: 10:01:26 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- Yesterday I found the buggy line in autoconf.c . Remote boot is working again for me. Attached is a unified diff for sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c . Werner --_=XFMail.1.2.p0.FreeBSD:980520100528:4064=_ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="autoconf.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=autoconf.patch; SizeOnDisk=331 LS0tIGF1dG9jb25mLmMub3JpCVR1ZSBNYXkgMTkgMTk6MTU6NTAgMTk5OAorKysgYXV0b2NvbmYu YwlUdWUgTWF5IDE5IDE5OjU1OjAyIDE5OTgKQEAgLTMzMyw3ICszMzMsNyBAQAogI2VuZGlmIC8q IEJPT1RQX05GU1JPT1QgKi8KIAogI2lmZGVmIE5GUwotCWlmICghbW91bnRyb290ID09IE5VTEwg JiYgbmZzX2Rpc2tsZXNzX3ZhbGlkKSB7CisJaWYgKCFtb3VudHJvb3QgJiYgbmZzX2Rpc2tsZXNz X3ZhbGlkKSB7CiAJCWlmIChib290dmVyYm9zZSkKIAkJCXByaW50ZigiQ29uc2lkZXJpbmcgTkZT IHJvb3QgZi9zLlxuIik7CiAJCW1vdW50cm9vdCA9IG5mc19tb3VudHJvb3Q7Cg== --_=XFMail.1.2.p0.FreeBSD:980520100528:4064=_-- End of MIME message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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