Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 19:36:45 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting.. Message-ID: <20000219193644.A81810@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>; from cc@137.org on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 04:26:44PM -0600 References: <38AB2424.C4C9D80D@ameslab.gov>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 16:26:44 -0600, Chris Csanady wrote: > Ok, I have tried several things, but I have yet to get FreeBSD to boot > over the network. These are test machines, and I need to have more than > one OS on them. > > At first, I was trying bootp'ing the loader, but using a local filesystem > as the root. It looks like the loader was not intended to be used this > way though. > > Right now, I would be happy netbooting the entire system, but I can't get > this to work either. I am using the Feb 8 snapshot, and I continually > get the following: > > FreeBSD/alpha SRM net boot, Revision 0.1 > (jkh@beast.freebsd.org, Tue Feb 8 11:30:11 GMT 2000) > Memory: 131072 k > boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:86:77:45 > net_open: server addr: 147.155.137.1 > net_open: server path: /raid/diskless/ariel > . > . > Mounting root from nfs:147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel > no such device 'ariel' > setrootbyname failed > panic: nfs_mountroot: socreate(0000): 43 > > My bootptab entry looks like > > .default.freebsd:\ > :sa=147.155.137.1:hd=/scl/boot:bf=netboot:\ > :rp="147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel":\ > :sm=255.255.254.0:\ > :gw=147.155.136.252:\ > :hn:ht=ether:vm=rfc1048:\ > :ds=147.155.137.2,147.155.137.3: > ariel:ip=147.155.137.91:ha=08002B867745:tc=.default.freebsd: > > and the fstab has > > 147.155.137.1:/raid/diskless/ariel / nfs rw 0 0 > > Am I misssing something? The nfs server is actually an Irix box > if it matters. The bootp/tftp server is different.. FWIW, I'm having similar problems with a DEC3000/300 box I'm trying to netboot. (It took me a while to figure out that I had to boot "ez0" instead of "esa0" to get bootp instead of MOP.) My bootptab looks like this: modena.plutotech.com: \ :ht=ethernet:ha=08002bbb4eb3: \ :ip=206.168.67.197:sm=255.255.255.128: \ :sa=206.168.67.172:bf=netboot:rp=/b/modena: \ :vm=rfc10248 I get through the first part of the kernel boot, and then I get this (copied by hand, I'm not using a serial console): Mounting root from nfs:subway:/b/modena no such device 'modena' setroobyname failed panic: nfs_mountroot: socreate(0000): 43 The stack trace is: Debugger() panic() nfs_mountroot() nfs_mount() vfs_mountroot_try() vfs_mountroot() mi_startup() locorestart() I may try to track this down tomorrow. It seems like it should be solveable. BTW, I'm running with -current as of ~February 12th, I think, and I'm netbooting (bootp, tftp and NFS) off a FreeBSD/alpha box. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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