Re: Re: Need Help with Javastation Krups

[vivek.ayer%gmail.com@localhost]

The more I think about it, the more the monitor is the problem. It's going to Secondary boot because there's serial console, but the monitor is not supported. Looks like I'll have to set it up via headless: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/netboot/files.nocons.html

In the meanwhile, I'll stick with linux.

Thanks,
Vivek

On Jun 20, 2009 7:20pm, Vivek Ayer <vivek.ayer%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Does the system reset because I didn't create the corrent device node
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> to output to a monitor? The Javastation is hooked up to a CRT (Dell
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> Trinitron).
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> mknod /export/client/root/dev/console c 0 0
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> Should that be modified? Is the howto assuming I want to boot from
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> serial? That may be why it's resetting. Also, NetBSD bootloader
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> reports, doing secondary boot and then the screen blanks. I don't have
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> a null modem cable to serial. I guess I'll have to do remote booting.
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> Correct if I'm wrong, but is NetBSD resetting because of the monitor?
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> Thanks,
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> Vivek
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> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Michaelmacallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
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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,
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> >> but it's not helping. I've gotten as far as seeing "NetBSD loading"
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> >> Then the screen blanks and the javastation resets itself. Seems like
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> >> it's not find the kernel. I don't need to link bootjs.net to a hex
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> >> number right? I'm doing everything with in /tftpboot which houses root
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> >> and swap and bootjs.net. In root, I have netbsd, the kernel. My
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> >> /etc/exports have /tftpboot/root javastation(rw,no_root_squash) and
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> >> /tftpboot/swap javastation(rw,no_root_squash). Can someone please
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> >> explain why it keeps rebooting like that? The kernel is in the right
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> >> place. Or should I not put my root inside of /tftpboot as that may
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> >> cause chroot problems?
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> > First thing to do is to use tcpdump in order to see what was the last thing
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> > the JavaStation did before resetting. First it should load the bootloader
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> > via tftp ( that's the only thing which needs to be in /tftpboot - swap, root
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> > and kernel can be pretty much anywhere you want, even on a different machine
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> > ). The boot loader should do another round of DHCP requests to find where to
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> > find the kernel ( it needs to be accessible via nfs so a convenient place is
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> > the javastation's root filesystem ). After that you should see a lot of nfs
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> > traffic. Then the kernel will do yet another dhcp lookup to find its root,
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> > swap, IP etc.
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> > I don't remember wether you need to link the loader to the client's IP in
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> > hex. Anyway, you should see hexadecimal numbers counting when the loader is
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> > loaded over tftp ( and you should see the tftp traffic in tcpdump ). Since
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> > you didn't mention any useful detail it's impossible to even guess what's
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> > (not) going on.
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> > have fun
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> > Michael
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