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Date:      Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:39:38 -0700
From:      Stephen Jones <smj@cirr.com>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: netbooting an install kernel
Message-ID:  <5C711A9A-C0C8-11D8-9CD8-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040618011506.GQ80675@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> <7F2587D8-C0C1-11D8-9CD8-000393DAF5EC@cirr.com> <20040618011506.GQ80675@cicely12.cicely.de>

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On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:15 PM, Bernd Walter wrote:
>
> After reviewing your original boot log it seems that you manualy booted
> the kernel - under normal conditions netboot should read his
> configuration including kernel and device.hints.
> Maybe something else with the loader scripts is wrong and cuts 
> progress.
> What does your /boot contain?

Taking advise form another freebsder, I grabbed the boot-only ISO, 
copied the
'kernel' file and the 'netboot' file, thinking that was all I needed.  
When that
didn't work, I cp -Rp'ed the mounted ISO into my tftpboot (bootp's dir) 
and
tried that.

So, netboot gets loaded, but it can not find a kernel unless I either 
do a
boot kernel/kernel  or boot ./kernel (if I place the kernel file in the 
current
directory and rename the kernel directory).

$ file boot
boot: data
$ ls -lad boot
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  7484 Feb 24 02:32 boot



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