Subject: netbooting a sparc5 from FreeBSD
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Nate Woodhams <natewood@ix.netcom.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/05/1998 14:36:40
I have a sparc5 that currently has an old version of SunOS on it (4.1.something
I think).
I am trying to get the sparc to net boot over my local network from a PC
running FreeBSD 2.2.7. I have the diskless setup configured on my FreeBSD box
but I keep getting a strange error. Perhaps this is the wrong place for this
question, but the error I'm getting is:
mountd[106]: Bad exports list line /netboot/sparc
my exports file is this:
/netboot/sparc -maproot=0:0 -alldirs sparc.ncw.net
Has anyone run into this problem? I get an error while trying to boot,
something like unable to open device. I am assuming that the problem lies with
the directories needed not being properly nfs exported. The command I use to
boot is 'boot net netbsd -s'.
Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can give.
----------------------------------
E-Mail: Nate Woodhams <natewood@ix.netcom.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA
----------------------------------