Subject: Re: netboot miniroot
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/06/2005 15:44:24
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:49:21PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:23:59PM +0200, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> > So, I'd like to "boot net" and it fetches miniroot, or whatever image
> > has the install process on it.
> 
> You mean you want something like the sparc64 INSTALL kernel, but in the
> sparc GENERIC_SUN4U variant?
> 
> Why don't you just mount miniroot on a vnd on your NFS server, export it's
> content, then mount that from your running sparc installation and run
> "sysinst" there?

'Cause installboot will install sparc bootblocks which won't work on
sparc64?

Better to boot a sparc64 INSTALL kernel and when you get to installing
the sets point it at a sparc directory.

Eduardo