Re: Booting Kernel Problems on Indy and indigo2

[Krzysztof Krzyzaniak <eloy@transilvania.eu.org>]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 09:57:17AM +0100, Elgar, Jeremy wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm having trouble installing Linux on both an Indigo2 and an Indy. 
> I've set up a DHCP server and a NFS server (in fact both running on a
> OpenBSD Box)
>  
> Downloaded a root filesystem, and a kernel (in fact quite a few kernels)
> 
> I boot the SGI (doesn't matter which one) and unset the netaddr, then do
> something like the following
> 
> boot -f bootp()thekernel init=/bin/bash nfsroot=1.2.3.4:/path
> 
> Now in both cases it seems to download the kernel okay, then just hangs and
> I have to reboot.
> 
> Any ideas? Its kind driving me mad. 
> Do I need to supply any more info?

I had the same, but for my Indy works:

bootp(): ip=auto

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