Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:57:24 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: amigus@cs.mun.ca (Adam Migus) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diskless FreeBSD Message-ID: <199603190627.QAA29799@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199603190308.XAA00862@maple.cs.mun.ca> from "Adam Migus" at Mar 18, 96 11:38:10 pm
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Adam Migus stands accused of saying: > > Hi, > I have been trying with some success to implement diskless freebsd over > the local campus network and have had to patch numerous files to get any > results here are the patches so far: No patches are required. > After all this i do have a kerenl that will boot, mount the root and swap > filesystems and run but reboots the machine without warning after the swap > file have filled to 69632 bytes everytime. I have debugging enabled but > the kernel doesnt even panic it just reboots! > I guess i am asking is all this nessesary and if it isn't what to do and > if it is what I should and shouldn't do to cure this problem and avoid > anymore. Make sure you preallocate the swapfile. # dd if=/dev/zero of=<swapfile> bs=1048576 count=20 gets you a 20M swapfile. > | Adam Migus amigus@cs.mun.ca | -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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