On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 05:30:17PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 01:37:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > Yes, MOP != dhcp. You'll need to configure SRM to use dhcp as the boot > > protocol; IIRC the option is something like "set ewa0_protocol bootp", but > > you may want to check an SRM manual to confirm this (or poke at the > > variables in SRM until you find the right one, like I did :). > VERY close, Steve; it should be: > >>> set ewa0_protocols bootp # note the "s" Go, me :-) > Unfortunately, IIRC, you can't just BOOTP the compressed kernel, you > need to use a network-bootable version of it, created during kernel > build by doing "make bootpzfile"; then you get an > "arch/alpha/boot/bootpzfile" image file that CAN be used for BOOTP. > Unless, of course, the procedure is broken in the latest kernels... :-\ From his mail, he's using a d-i "boot.img" file downloaded from Debian, which is a bundled kernel+initrd built using netabootwrap from the aboot package. These work great, as long as the initrd is sufficiently large to not trigger some wacky bug I haven't looked into yet :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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