Subject: Re: NFS as root?
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Paul Forgey <paulf@aphrodite.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/20/1998 23:13:31
even with
config netbsd root on ? type nfs
the kernel hangs after

Video address 0xfbb080000 -> 0xbf5000

the mac68k port doesn't absolutely _requie_ any scsi devices, does it?  I do
know they cannot be compiled out.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
To: Paul Forgey <paulf@aphrodite.com>
Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: NFS as root?


>On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Paul Forgey wrote:
>> Is it possible to specify an NFS root device in the booter?  I can't find
>> where this would be set, and 'ask alternate' doesn't seem to do anything.
I
>> can't find any documentation about the config file to build a kernel with
>> such a root filesystem either..
>
>I think that's set within the kernel, not in the booter. Try using:
>config             netbsd  root on ? type nfs
>
>in your kernel configuration file. Also, "man diskless".
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