Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:58:08 +0200 From: Michiel Boland <michiel@boland.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: netbooting 9.0-beta3 with serial console Message-ID: <4E95E340.3060308@boland.org>
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Hi. How do I install 9.0-BETA3 on sparc64 via netbooting and a serial console? This used to work on previous releases simply by exporting the mounted cdrom over nfs, and having vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0" in /tftpboot/boot/loader.conf.local But there is no longer an mfsroot on the dvd or bootonly images, so the boot fails with Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 []... mountroot: waiting for device /dev/md0 ... Mounting from ufs:/dev/md0 failed with error 19. the system will then continue booting: Trying to mount root from nfs: []... NFS ROOT: 192.168.61.11:/cdrom gem0: link state changed to DOWN gem0: link state changed to UP /etc/rc.initdiskless: cannot create /dev/null: Read-only file system ps: /dev/null: No such file or directory /etc/rc: cannot create /dev/null: Read-only file system /etc/rc: cannot create /dev/null: Read-only file system Wed Oct 12 17:52:39 UTC 2011 At this point though, there is no login prompt on the console, and I have to power-cycle. I suspect there is a prompt on ttyv0, but that's of no use if there is only a serial console and no monitor output. The 8.2-RELEASE loader/kernel would detect a serial console correctly. If I remove the /tftpboot/boot/loader.conf.local, the boot fails with [...] Trying to mount root from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/FreeBSD_Install [ro]... mountroot: waiting for device /dev/iso9660/FreeBSD_Install ... Mounting from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/FreeBSD_Install failed with error 19. Trying to mount root from nfs: []... NFS ROOT: 192.168.61.11:/cdrom gem0: link state changed to DOWN gem0: link state changed to UP Interface gem0 IP-Address 192.168.61.3 Broadcast 192.168.61.255 No suitable dump device was found. eval: cannot create /dev/null: Read-only file system eval: cannot create /dev/null: Read-only file system Entropy harvesting:. Starting file system checks: mount_nfs: no <host>:<dirpa output is cut off at this point and I am again left with an unresponsive box. Obviously there is no /dev/iso9660 when booting off the network. I would love to experiment with the 9.0 installer on sparc but I'm rather lost at this point. Cheers Michiel
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