Subject: Re: 3/60 - Screw the tapes :)
To: None <port-sun3@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mike Dugas <mad@Poseidon.Token.Net>
List: port-sun3
Date: 09/30/1996 21:32:32
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Mike Dugas wrote:
> Ok-
>
> I gave up on the tape boot, now I'm trying a network boot. It all
> works, it FTPs netboot from the tftp server, then it tries to boot:
>
> >> NetBSD netboot [$Revision: 1.2 $]
>
> Then, I get this, for a reason which is beyond me:
>
> Requesting Internet address for 8:0:20:0:xx:xx (it's ethernet address)
>
> I'm running all the proper daemons, and, I found out by accident that the
> system boots if I copy netbsd-rd to vmunix and boot with a SunOS kernel :)
> Any suggestions?
>
Ok, I've gotten around this. Now, I get down to:
rd0 at mainbus0 fixed, 512 blocks
And it freezes right after that.
Aggh! This is turning into a serious nightmare.
/mad