Re: Network booting issues
Andreas Jaehnigen <jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> > time, even though I have two disks, because a 10/100 network card +
> > cheap x86 NFS server is actually a faster disk combo than the local
> > disks. I compile kernels on it all the time. I also run netscape.
>
> I fully agree here.
> Once I built new kernels on my root on nfs enabled clients as well.
> Without any problem.
Ok, I will build future kernels on the diskless clients then.
> > > Andreas Jaehnigen <jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> > >
> > > > elftoaout -o vmlinuz-2.2.14.net vmlinuz-2.2.14
> > >
> > I don't know why that would be necessary, but I load my kernel off
> > the disk, then use an NFS root. However, I've got a completely
> ^^^^^^^^
> Heh, dont you want to have DISKLESS clients? ;)
> But seriously..
> Do you mean floppy disk? Since Suns are capable to boot off from
> network, the floppy disk solution isnt very charming..
I will test netbooting the a.out kernels next week. I had set up all
the other stuff (arp, rarp, tftp, dhcp, nfs root directory) already.
The vmlinuz kernel was loaded by the client machine, but the prom then
complained that it was not a kernel. So I hope just converting it to
a.out format will help.
BTW, is there a canonical place in the docs where I could have learned
about converting to a.out? I have read all the relevant HOWTOs about
netbooting and diskless (which are quite x86-centric of course), the
Sparc Installation guide etc., but nowhere seen this mentioned. Have
I overlooked something?
many thanks to you guys for now, will summarize if I'm succesful, ask
more otherwise.
Nils
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