Bug#64200: Problems installing potato/sparc from tftp.
Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> writes:
> On Tue May 16, 2000 at 10:24:12AM +0200, Harald Nordgård-Hansen wrote:
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: 2.2.13-2000-05-04
> > architecture: sparc
> > model: SPARCstation
> > memory: 128MB
> > scsi: esp
> > cd-rom: none
> > network card: lance ethernet (builtin)
> > pcmcia: none
> >
> > I just tried booting the install system for this using rarp/tftp.
> > Everything seems to work smoothly, the kernel boots correctly and it
> > starts up init (BusyBox v0.43). Then it seems to enter a loop
> > complaining:
> >
> > E: /proc does not appear to be mounted (No such file or directory)
> >
> > and nothing else happens. My first guess is of course that the setup
> > system does not mount /proc prior to needing it. :)
>
> Odd -- it works for most everyone else.
>
> When installed via rarp/tftp do you know if it runs as an initrd?
> DO you have any idea which process is in the endless loop
> (init/dbootstrap/something else)?
As far as I can tell, it runs as a regular ramdisk, no initrd. And I
cannot see anything apart from init that seems to be started. I've
just grabbed the tftboot.img (1900-some kB) off my local mirror
(sunsite.uio.no) and linked that up as the traditional ip-as-hex.arch
in /tftpboot. That's what the instructions seemed to imply.
I'll see if I can get around to boot with init=/bin/sh and see if I
can figure out what happens.
-Harald
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