Subject: Re: diskless boot
To: None <hth@update.uu.se>
From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
List: port-cats
Date: 02/18/2004 16:49:17
=?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5kan=20Th=F6rngren?= <hth@update.uu.se> wrote:
>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:
>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?
>I have it exported on the server, but the client does not seem to
>request it (at least not according to syslog).
What happens if you type in a valid root path at this point ?
>Here is the relevant parts of my current dhpcd.conf:
>
>subnet 192.168.106.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
>{
> 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";
> }
>}
Your root-path doesn't look right to me. I would delete the leading 'skyfari'.
Robert Swindells