On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Marcus Comstedt wrote:

> >>>>> "Greg" == Greg Ingram <ingram@symsys.com> writes:
> 
>   Greg> When I downloaded there was also a netbsd-DCUSZERO kernel.  When I boot
>   Greg> 'netbsd' I get nothing on the screen but I do see messages logged on the
>   Greg> DHCP server indicating that something is happening.  When I boot
> 
> This kernel probably has a serial port console.

Ok.  I have no serial cable.
 
>   Greg> 'netbsd-DCUSZERO' I see a nice set of kernel messages.  The DHCP
>   Greg> transaction succeeds but shortly thereafter the DC restarts.  I can't get
>   Greg> the last messages but I think it has the right idea of who is its NFS
>   Greg> server.
> 
> My guess is that it failed to load /sbin/init.  Try snooping NFS
> traffic from/to the DC.

My DHCP/NFS server runs Linux and normally I'd see some messages about a
mount request, but I don't see anything related to NFS.  I'm curious that
this kernel reboots while the first one doesn't.  Could that tell us
something?  I guess there's no way to catch the last few messages without
a serial console.  Hmm... maybe a VCR.  Anyway, what does the kernel
_want_ to mount for root?  Will it try /tftpboot/<host> or /tftpboot/<IP>?  
Or does it need something compiled in?

Regardless, I won't be able to try anything else until tonight (UTC-0600).
 
- Greg