Re: NetBoot on Multia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zach Lowry" <zlowry@directvinternet.com>
> > > Anyhow, here goes. I've got a VX40 Multia, which I'm trying to
> > > netboot. I tried stable, no dice. kernel dies and it
> > reboots. Then, I
> > > tried Woody. It worked. Loads tftpboot.img, I'm able to mount
> > > nfs, install the base system. I get an error about chroot
> > > /target, but I cancel out, and attempt to finish the install. It
> > > locks up
> > on reboot.
Gee, I don't get that far, my woody-based install locks up just before the
package-selection, just at the loading of the rescue.bin file.
How is your NFS layed out? All my ownership is root:root of everything in
the exported directory, is this correct?
Cheers,
Rob
> > > So, then I take my newly loaded Debian install, and try to boot
> > > with an aboot padded kernel. Of course, I'm sure you know what
> > happens, as
> > > the Debian kernels no longer have NFS compiled in, and it
> > can't mount
> > > root fs.
> > >
> > erm, i thought they did. I always install over nfs ... (local
> > mirror availability and all) and have never noticed the lack of
> > support.
> > does 'cat /proc/filesystems' contain a line with "nodev nfs"?
>
> "nodev nfs" is in there when I boot off the rescue floppy. What does
> that mean?
>
> > another option is to put a local copy of the install files
> > (modules, root
> > etc) on a disk and transfer that into your multia. then load the
> > nfs module.
> >
>
> I 've made a boot floppy from the Debian install process, and tried
> using the rescue floppy, passing arguments as such:
>
> boot -pr bootp ewa0 -flags "root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/foo"
>
> Still can't mount root at 00:00
>
> > > NetBSD, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD all are afflicted with the same
> > > problem. The kernel can't get the mac address from the firmware.
> > > At
> > >
> > that seems to indicate more of a hardware problem than a
> > software/debian/RH/<OS_here> problem :(
> > try flashing the console with the latest firmware (locations
> > available many
> > times over in the archives here and www.linuxalpha.org)
> >
>
> Nope. The problem IS with the latest firmware. 3.8.3 is buggy. 3.8.2
> works well, but Digital won't release it.
>
> > > first, I thought this might of been the problem that potato had,
> > > and maybe it did, but it's fixed now, I guess. I suppose I need
> > > to get out a cross compiler and start building.
> > >
> > only caveat there, is that you *really* want to build your
> > alpha binaries
> > on a 64 bit machine. Wierd stuff and broken binaries happens
> > otherwise.
> >
>
>
> Good plan. I think I know someone to help me out. I'll post status of
> woody again later.
>
> Zach Lowry
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