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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:16:34 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        Chris Csanady <cc@137.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netbooting..
Message-ID:  <20000217191633.B1346@yedi.iaf.nl>
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 04:26:44PM -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

It's been a while ago that I experimented with netboot on alpha. I had
similar problems IIRC. If only I remembered the details.. :(
This was on a DEC3000/400 booting from a Miata BTW.

-- 
Wilko Bulte 			Arnhem, The Netherlands	  
WWW : http://www.tcja.nl  	The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org


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