Subject: Re: nfs root booting process..
To: andrew culver <prez@codeninja.ca>
From: Andy Michaels <lego@apollo.gti.net>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 12/11/2001 09:38:52
Hmmm, just off the top, it sounds like you need the kernel in the right
spot. In the Dreamcast section on the FTP site there is a very recent
kernel it's at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/dreamcast/netbsd.1.5R
you can rename this netbsd and you should be good to go.
put this in the root of your nfs mounted volume "/usr/export/spellcast"
If I'm not mistaken, the kernel loaded from either the CD, or via the
IPslave, will look for a kernel to run once you've mounted the root
partition, and that'll be the kernel from then on.
Hope this works.
Andy
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, andrew culver wrote:
> There is no error message.
>
> When I load the kernel, I'm prompted for root device, dump device, fs type, where I enter "rtk0", nothing, and "nfs" respectively.
>
> Then it does the DHCP stuff, and spits out the information it got from my lab's DHCP server, (dhcpd.conf is appended)
>
> After that, it spits out the line:
> root on 192.168.1.4:/usr/export/spellcast
>
> then does nothing. Any ideas?
>
> - Andrew
>
> [ttyp0 prez@devstyle:~/code]> cat /etc/dhcpd.conf
>
> option domain-name "lab";
> option domain-name-servers 24.153.22.67, 24.153.23.66;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
>
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20;
> }
>
> host spellcast {
> hardware ethernet 00:D0:F1:02:96:D4;
> option host-name "spellcast";
> fixed-address 192.168.1.6;
> next-server 192.168.1.4;
> option root-path "/usr/export/spellcast";
> }
>
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> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Nelson
> To: andrew culver
> Cc: port-dreamcast@netbsd.org
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: nfs root booting process..
>
>
> What happens when you load the kernel?
> What error message are you getting?
>
>
> andrew culver wrote:
>
> Everything seems to be up and running fine, and since I've never used a NFS for a root filesystem before, I'm a little clueless. Surely this must be an over asked or previously answered question, but I beg you to suffer my ignorance. After DHCP configuration, which goes very smooth, my dreamcast is proud to annouce to me this: root on 192.168.1.4:/usr/export/spellcast where /usr/export/spellcast (the root fs) looks more or less like this: [ttyp0 prez@devstyle:/usr/export/spellcast]> ls
> altroot dev etc mnt sbin sys usr
> bin dist home root stand tmp varI'm curious: In the normal booting process, what is my Dreamcast supposed to be doing next? What have I missed? Regards, - Andrew.
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> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi.
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