Subject: Re: ofwboot diskless boot problem?
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Ross <cross+netbsd@distal.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/09/2004 17:04:48
Chris Ross wrote:
> I should note that if I do name the kernel netbsd, it loads
> just fine, so permissions aren't the problem...
>
> I haven't tried specifying the kernel name via the OFW
> boot command. Maybe that will work. I'll try it as a datapoint.
If I do:
ok boot net netbsd.gz
it loads just fine. So, apparently despite the netboot
proceedure *trying* to process a list of possible kernel
names, it only ever tries the one that the OFW passes into
it. I'd call that a bug, yes? Should I file a pr on it?
- Chris