Subject: Re: Sun 4c netboot swap file errors
To: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
From: Kerry Gray <kgray@netcom.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/24/1996 11:11:39
On Fri, 24 May 1996, David Brownlee wrote:
> Does adding '-alldirs' to the /etc/exports line help?
>
Adding -alldirs changes the error from 72 on the swap file to 13 on the
kernel file, viz., adding -alldirs actually makes it worse.
>
>
> On Wed, 22 May 1996, Kerry Gray wrote:
>
> >
> > I am unable to get my SS1 to boot off the net from my pc with NetBSD
> > 1.1. It seems that no matter what I try I get error 72 from mountd when
> > the kernel tries to mount the swap file. I can only assume that there is
> > some error on my part with the configuration, since I don't see anyone
> > else complaining about it.
> >
> > Here are my config files for the sparc ("sparcomatic") and the boot
> > server ("boot9"):
> >
> > boot9's /etc/exports:
> >
> > /usr/sparc -maproot=root sparcomatic
> >
> > boot9's /etc/bootparams:
> >
> > sparcomatic root=boot9:/usr/sparc \
> > swap=boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile
> >
> > boot9's and sparcomatic's /etc/hosts:
> >
> > #
> > 127.1 localhost localhost.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> > #
> > # Non-Imaginary network.
> > 198.94.9.200 boot9 boot9.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> > 198.94.9.201 sparcomatic sparcomatic.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> > 198.94.9.253 jafar jafar.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> > 198.94.11.253 einstein einstein.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> > 198.94.9.240 doc doc.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> >
> > I don't think it gets this far, but here is the sparc's /etc/fstab:
> >
> > # experimental fstab for sparc kg
> > boot9:/usr/sparc / nfs rw 0 0
> > boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile none swap rw 0 0
> > # boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile none nfs rw 0 0
> >
> >
> >
> > The swap file was created by dd inside the root directory of the sparc,
> > namely /usr/sparc on the server. I have tried other places, too, but
> > they all result in the same error 72.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
>
>