Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:19:03 +0100 From: Michael Moll <kvedulv@kvedulv.de> To: Joel Heikkila <jjheik@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install via miniroot? Message-ID: <20110119141903.GA2837@darkthrone.kvedulv.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinrNCSfuiQEP-RCYouzsFYpxVs7TWy1VJJP5Y-F@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinrNCSfuiQEP-RCYouzsFYpxVs7TWy1VJJP5Y-F@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Joel, On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 01:29:32AM -0500, Joel Heikkila wrote: > I've tried every configuration imaginable to me but I've been unable > to get the "standard" netboot approach (tftp the loader, then load > kernel via NFS) to get past the NFS stage with FreeBSD. Installation via TFTP/NFS works for me. I took the files from the ISO-Image, uncompressed /boot/mfsroot.gz and added 'vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0"' to /boot/loader.conf. IIRC the last step was/is not really documented. What type of machine do you have and which error messages are you getting when netbooting? Regards -- Michael Moll
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