Re: Need Help with Javastation Krups

[Vivek Ayer <vivek.ayer%gmail.com@localhost>]

Does the system reset because I didn't create the corrent device node
to output to a monitor? The Javastation is hooked up to a CRT (Dell
Trinitron).

mknod /export/client/root/dev/console c 0 0

Should that be modified? Is the howto assuming I want to boot from
serial? That may be why it's resetting. Also, NetBSD bootloader
reports, doing secondary boot and then the screen blanks. I don't have
a null modem cable to serial. I guess I'll have to do remote booting.
Correct if I'm wrong, but is NetBSD resetting because of the monitor?

Thanks,
Vivek

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Michael<macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> On Jun 20, 2009, at 5:41 AM, Vivek Ayer wrote:
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>> I followed the instructions on how to get NetBSD on my javastation,
>> but it's not helping. I've gotten as far as seeing "NetBSD loading"
>> Then the screen blanks and the javastation resets itself. Seems like
>> it's not find the kernel. I don't need to link bootjs.net to a hex
>> number right? I'm doing everything with in /tftpboot which houses root
>> and swap and bootjs.net. In root, I have netbsd, the kernel. My
>> /etc/exports have /tftpboot/root javastation(rw,no_root_squash) and
>> /tftpboot/swap javastation(rw,no_root_squash). Can someone please
>> explain why it keeps rebooting like that? The kernel is in the right
>> place. Or should I not put my root inside of /tftpboot as that may
>> cause chroot problems?
>
> First thing to do is to use tcpdump in order to see what was the last thing
> the JavaStation did before resetting. First it should load the bootloader
> via tftp ( that's the only thing which needs to be in /tftpboot - swap, root
> and kernel can be pretty much anywhere you want, even on a different machine
> ). The boot loader should do another round of DHCP requests to find where to
> find the kernel ( it needs to be accessible via nfs so a convenient place is
> the javastation's root filesystem ). After that you should see a lot of nfs
> traffic. Then the kernel will do yet another dhcp lookup to find its root,
> swap, IP etc.
> I don't remember wether you need to link the loader to the client's IP in
> hex. Anyway, you should see hexadecimal numbers counting when the loader is
> loaded over tftp ( and you should see the tftp traffic in tcpdump ). Since
> you didn't mention any useful detail it's impossible to even guess what's
> (not) going on.
>
> have fun
> Michael
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