okay, I got the DC to boot from the network.  I followed the diskless
howto, but I can't get out of single-user mode.  When I exit, It starts
the network, but then when it gets to either checking quotas or looking
for coredumps, it reboots.  Not sure what I did wrong.  Has anyone else
experienced this?  I'm not sure what info to give, but here's some:

On the NFS server, I exported the entire HPCSH distro as one FS:
/usr/export/client/root
I also exported a swapfile (per the HOWTO)
/usr/export/client/swap  (it mounts at /swap on the DC)

the root FS mounts, and swapctl is able to mount the swap space.

Do I need to enable certain TTY's?

If anyone has any idea as to what's happening, let me know what info you
need, and I can provide it.  thanks,

Andy

/*
** A N D Y . M I C H A E L S
**
** L E G O  AT  G T I  DOT  N E T
**
** http://www.gti.net/lego
*/

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Peter Stewart wrote:

> The kernel has started, it cant find the mount point for nfs.
> Your /etc/dhcpd.conf should look like:
> 
> 
> #This is from www.wrong.org
> 
>           ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
>           
> subnet xxx.xxx.xxx.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>          # default gateway
>          option routers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>          option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>          option domain-name "xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx";
>          option domain-name-servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>          default-lease-time 21600;
>          max-lease-time 43200;
>          
>  host dreamcast {
>          hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
>          option host-name "dreamcast";
>          fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>          option root-path "/usr/local/home/dreamcast/netbsd/root";
>          option dhcp-max-message-size 1024;
> 
>          }
>          
> }
> 
> Where the "host dreamcast" section is set appropriately.
> 
> and change all the xxx's to something appropriate.
> 
> "dreamcast" has an entry in my hosts file...eg the ip of your dreamcast.
> 
> and your /etc/exports:
> 
> /usr/local/home/dreamcast/netbsd/root   (rw,no_root_squash)
> 
> 
> and dont forget to start nfs. (easiest - "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start")
> 
> 
> 
> Andy Michaels wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, I set up an NFS server/DHCP server.  When I boot the DC, I get:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > nfs_boot:DHCP server: 192.168.2.1
> > nfs_boot:my_domain=drew.com
> > nfs_boot:my_addr=192.168.2.5
> > nfs_boot:my_mask=255.255.255.0
> > nfs_boot:getfh - no pathname
> > cannot mount root, error = 5
> > root device (default md0a):
> > </snip>
> > 
> > I'm assuming that the getfh is "get file handle".  Is it looking for the
> > kernel, or a path to the kernel?  I'm a little new to NFS and DHCP, so
> > I've most likely misconfigured something there.  Any suggestions?  If this
> > is an RTFM, which FM should I R?
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > /*
> > ** A N D Y . M I C H A E L S
> > **
> > ** L E G O  AT  G T I  DOT  N E T
> > **
> > ** http://www.gti.net/lego
> > */
>