Subject: Re: diskless boot
To: None <port-cats@NetBSD.org>
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5kan=20Th=F6rngren?= <hth@update.uu.se>
List: port-cats
Date: 02/18/2004 17:03:55
So I put the network card back and this time it was recognized as ne0.
I do not know why it did not work before, dirty connectors perhaps,
ugh.
Strangely, the ethernet address is 00:00:00:00:e8:e8
At least it starts to boot now, finds the kernel but hangs during
boot. After the long talk about all devices it comes to a stop with
boot device: <unknown>
root device:=20
And a blinking cursor after "root device: ".
I am allowed to choose one of: ne0 ddb halt reboot
Should it not automatically find the nfs root file system=3F
I have it exported on the server, but the client does not seem to
request it (at least not according to syslog).
Here is the relevant parts of my current dhpcd.conf:
subnet 192.168.106.0 netmask 255.255.255.0=20
{=20
option routers 192.168.106.254;
host gestur
{
hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:E8:E8;
fixed-address 192.168.106.12;
server-name "skyfari";
option root-path "skyfari/export/diskless/root/gestur";
option tftp-server-name "skyfari";
option host-name "gestur";
filename "netbsd.aout-GENERIC";
}
}
H=E5kan
Robert> That chip is a NE2000 clone, it should work, but you will need =
to
Robert> reference it as "ne0" not "de0".