Hmmm, just off the top, it sounds like you need the kernel in the right
spot.  In the Dreamcast section on the FTP site there is a very recent
kernel it's at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/dreamcast/netbsd.1.5R

you can rename this netbsd and you should be good to go.

put this in the root of your nfs mounted volume "/usr/export/spellcast"

If I'm not mistaken, the kernel loaded from either the CD, or via the
IPslave, will look for a kernel to run once you've mounted the root
partition, and that'll be the kernel from then on.

Hope this works.

Andy

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, andrew culver wrote:

> There is no error message.
> 
> When I load the kernel, I'm prompted for root device, dump device, fs type, where I enter "rtk0", nothing, and "nfs" respectively.
> 
> Then it does the DHCP stuff, and spits out the information it got from my lab's DHCP server, (dhcpd.conf is appended)
> 
> After that, it spits out the line:
> root on 192.168.1.4:/usr/export/spellcast
> 
> then does nothing. Any ideas?
> 
>   - Andrew
> 
> [ttyp0 prez@devstyle:~/code]> cat /etc/dhcpd.conf
> 
> option domain-name "lab";
> option domain-name-servers 24.153.22.67, 24.153.23.66;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> 
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>   range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20;
> }
> 
> host spellcast {
>   hardware ethernet 00:D0:F1:02:96:D4;
>   option host-name "spellcast";
>   fixed-address 192.168.1.6;
>   next-server 192.168.1.4;
>   option root-path "/usr/export/spellcast";
> }
> 
> --
> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Ryan Nelson 
>   To: andrew culver 
>   Cc: port-dreamcast@netbsd.org 
>   Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:14 PM
>   Subject: Re: nfs root booting process..
> 
> 
>   What happens when you load the kernel? 
>   What error message are you getting? 
>     
> 
>   andrew culver wrote: 
> 
>     Everything seems to be up and running fine, and since I've never used a NFS for a root filesystem before, I'm a little clueless. Surely this must be an over asked or previously answered question, but I beg you to suffer my ignorance. After DHCP configuration, which goes very smooth, my dreamcast is proud to annouce to me this:    root on 192.168.1.4:/usr/export/spellcast where /usr/export/spellcast (the root fs) looks more or less like this:    [ttyp0 prez@devstyle:/usr/export/spellcast]> ls 
>        altroot dev     etc     mnt     sbin    sys     usr 
>        bin     dist    home    root    stand   tmp     varI'm curious: In the normal booting process, what is my Dreamcast supposed to be doing next? What have I missed? Regards,  - Andrew. 
>     -- 
>     "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi.
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>     
>