Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:26:44 -0600 From: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Netbooting.. Message-ID: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>
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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..
Thanks,
Chris Csanady
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