Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:50:30 -0700 From: Stephen Jones <smj@cirr.com> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooting an install kernel Message-ID: <7F2587D8-C0C1-11D8-9CD8-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com> In-Reply-To: <20040617105113.GZ68640@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <200406151857.i5FIv5Wu028133@egsner.cirr.com> <20040616074051.GJ32239@interwoven.com> <C5F174A5-C02B-11D8-958B-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com> <20040617105113.GZ68640@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:51 AM, Bernd Walter wrote: > So we have no device.hints in place. > Do we already have a way for loading hints in case of netbooting? > Otherwise the netbooting kernel needs hardcoded hints. > AFAIK my last netbooting alpha was still 4.x so I never run into > that problem myself. I've not tried using the 4.x stuff, but its probably just to stick with 5.2.1 if we could get a net-bootable install kernel. There is a device.hints file, but I'm not sure that it does any good. Anyway, let me know where I could grab one, that would be great.
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