Subject: Re: bootup question - NetBSD on Netwinder
To: None <stefan.wuerthner@uni-tuebingen.de>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/08/2002 00:11:39
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 03:47:29PM +0200, Stefan Wuerthner wrote:

> how can I avoid entering manually the name of the boot device, dump device
> and file system during bootup on a Netwinder.
> 
> Can it be defined somewhere?

You can set the root device in your kernel config file.  Change the

	config netbsd root on ? type ?

line to

	config netbsd root on <ethernetdev> type nfs

where <ethernetdev> matches whatever you want the boot device to be.

Simon.
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