Hi,

I guess I haven't explained properly.

I have set up tftp, boot prarmd and nfs
The binaries are in /export/root
The tftp boot file gets loaded then instigates a nfs mount to get the
kernel.
I symlinked the kernel in /export/root as it was looking for a different
name from the one extracted from the kernel in sets.
Then I see the kernel messages and it panics on /sbin/init which is
definatly in /export/root/sbin/init
I was guessing that its mounting /export/root as /export/root and this /
has no sbin off it?

I've also set up /export/root/etc/fstab but I don't think its got that
far yet?

Regards,
M


Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Martin Sillence wrote:
> > I have a PC running Linux and was trying to do a boot net install.  I
> > patched the kernel so it now supports nfs V3 and the installation ends
> > after nfs mounting the kernel and panics when it trys to run /sbin/init.
> 
> Honestly, it doesn't suprise me when I read the rest:
> 
> > I don't see how I can do this as I need /sbin and /lib to contain x86
> > bins for the pc and sparc bins for the sparc. There must be some way to
> > do a boot net install from another OS / architecture?
> 
> > Am I missing something here.
> 
> I'm afraid so. You're trying to run i386 binary's on a sparc processor;
> and they are even Linux binary's to....
> 
> I just net-installed my SLC, and it all comes down to creating a
> directory, say `/root.IPX' and put all the sparc binary's in it (I just
> unpacked all the relevant .tgz installation files) and export this
> `/root.IPX' directory with NFS (no `/' after the name in the
> `/etc/exports').
> 
> The only thing you'll have to do is to change the bootparamd file, so it
> handsouts `/root.IPX/' as NFS root to the IPX like :
> 
>   % cat /etc/bootparams
>   # Bootparams file ismaelda
>   perihelion      root=ismaelda:/root.sunSLC
>   %
> 
> It'll do the trick. The easy part is that you can change it's
> configuration on the fully installed Linux machine and then just reboot
> the IPX.
> 
> I hope it'll do; have I missed something ??
> 
> Reinoud