Subject: Re: Some progress with Multia - but still not done
To: Jack Twilley <jmt@twilley.org>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/30/2002 07:30:44
On 717874454 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Jack Twilley wrote:
>
>I'm using V3.8-3 of the firmware, the netboot from the online form
>with broken firmware set to yes, and a set of NFS mounts constructed
>as per the NetBSD documentation on setting up a diskless workstation.
Try it with Broken Firmware set to `no'. That's what works for my
Multia which has V3.8-3.
>Four times alpha sends out DHCP:DISCOVER messages. Not TFTP messages
>for "netbsd", but DHCP messages. duchess responds with all the
>appropriate information, including a root path. After four attempts,
>alpha complains that it cannot get the kernel.
>
>Am I missing something here? I've looked at the documentation, but
>there seems to be no way to make this thing mount the root path and
>"just do it". Are there flags that I should supply? Help?
So, to see if I can help with the procedure, this is what `should'
happen:
1. multia SRM does a bootp request, server answers.
2. multia SRM loads bootloader via TFTP.
3. multia bootloader does a bootp request, server answers
(this is where your multia is failing)
4. multia bootloader mounts NFS root.
5. multia bootloader grabs '/netbsd' from NFS.
5. multia bootloader jumps into the kernel.
6. multia NetBSD kernel boots.
7. multia NetBSD kernel does a DHCP/bootp request, server answers.
8. everything works...
== Roland Dowdeswell http://www.Imrryr.ORG/~elric/ ==
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