Subject: Re: Sun3 netboot from FreeBSD?
To: Mesa Electronics <mesa@idiom.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sun3
Date: 07/29/1996 09:43:54
On Sat, 27 Jul 1996 11:38:10 -0700
Mesa Electronics <mesa@idiom.com> wrote:
> I am unable to get NetBSD 1.1 to net boot on my 3/60. The server is
> running FreeBSD 2.05. The problem seems to be with NFS or something, as
> the kernel gets loaded and then panics with:
>
> Panic: NFS_Boot mountd swap Error 72
You need to modify your mountd program to allow exporting of files. Look
in the mountd source for a check for S_ISDIR and add a && S_ISREG.
> I vaguely remember some mail about a FreeBSD NFS or RPC problem that
> needed to be fixed in order to work with NetBSD. Does anyone know if
> this is true? The Xkernel package seems to work fine with the FreeBSD
> server so it seems like I'm close...
That's because the Xkernel package doesn't swap.
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