A few points about my install:


1. The path name thing needs to be documented.

	A path of /export/client/root did not work.
	But a path of /export/c/root did.
	
I also changed the hostname from client.beastproject.org to 
c.beastproject.org.

This maybe a but or a limitation but it needs to be added to the 
documentation.


2. In running the Sparc build from releng for 8/13 I had a few issues 
with the install.

	I was never able to get the new installer to give me a bootable 
system. It when thru the install fine but never booted. Could not find 
netbsd* on boot. I was able to get it to work just fine using the old 
installer (OI).

	I had some strange keyboard issues that I did not find anything in 
google for. I have an SS20 with a Type 5 keyboard. I picked 'sun' as my 
terminal type. At this point the N key was a backspace. Some of the 
other keys were screwed up. I had to change my path for NFS in order 
not to have an N in it so I could mount it. Strange.


Regards,
Sean Hafeez

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and 
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny 
in government." - Thomas Jefferson


On Sep 2, 2004, at 10:56 PM, Sean Hafeez wrote:

> I take it back.
>
> I reduced the client name to 'c' and the path to /export/c/root and it 
> works.
>
>
> Regards,
> Sean Hafeez
>
> "An armed society is a polite society. Manners matter when a man may 
> have to back-up his actions with his life." -Robert Heinlein
> On Sep 2, 2004, at 3:17 AM, Bernd Sieker wrote:
>
> On 02.09.04, 01:10:04, Sean Hafeez wrote:
>> I have read all the docs more then once.
>>
>> I have an SS20 that I am trying to netboot to install the last build 
>> of
>> -current (ie. 2.0). My netboot server is an i386 running OpenBSD3.5.
>>
>> The SS20 is setup to be 192.168.64.45 and the OBSD box is 
>> 192.168.64.9.
>> The system boots past the TFTP to the NFS part and..
>>
>> The error on the SS20 is...
>>
>> root addr=192.168.64.9 path=
>                               ^^^^^^
>
> it seems there is a length limit to the path. I was having the same
> problem (NetBSD server) and using a shorter root path worked.  (In
> my case the difference between "/export/sparc64/aurora/root" and
> "/export/sparc/aurora/root" made all the difference. If the path
> is too long, the client somehow recieves an empty string, not a
> truncated version. I don't know if the limitation is in the dhcpd
> or in the client bootloader.
>
>> Can't open NFS network connection on '.....bla bla bla correct sun OF
>> path to nic'
>> Cannot load netbsd: error=13
>>
>> So..(on the OBSD box):
>>
>> [/]:cat /etc/exports
>> /data
>> /export/client/root -maproot=root client.beastproject.org
>
> Does it literally say "client" here, or some other (longer) string?
> The rootpath given here should be short enough, unless OpenBSD's
> dhcpd has an even shorter limit (seems unlikely).
>
>>
>> [/]:cat /etc/hosts
>>
>> ::1 localhost.beastproject.org localhost
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost.beastproject.org localhost
>> 192.168.64.45 client.beastproject.org client
>> 192.168.64.9 merlot.beastproject.org merlot
>>
>> [/]:cat /etc/dhcpd.conf
>> allow bootp;
>> authoritative;
>> always-reply-rfc1048 true; 	#tried with and without
>>
>> shared-network LOCAL-NET {
>>         option  domain-name "beastproject.org";
>>         option  domain-name-servers 192.168.64.9;
>>
>>         subnet 192.168.64.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>>                 option routers 192.168.64.1;
>>
>>                 range 192.168.64.32 192.168.64.64;
>>         }
>>
>> host client.beastproject.org {
>>         hardware ethernet       08:00:20:75:f1:a3;
>>         fixed-address           192.168.64.45;
>>         option host-name        "client";
>>         option root-path        "/export/client/root";
>>         next-server             192.168.64.9;	#tried with and without
>
> Is the "next-server" the same as the dhcpd server? If not, try
> putting "next-server" before "root-path".
>
> Are there, by any chance, more than one dhcpd running in the net?
>
>>         }
>> }
>>
>> [/export/client/root]:ls -la netbsd
>> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  3622206 Sep  1 17:49 netbsd*
>>
>> [/export/client/root]:ps -aux | grep nfs
>> root        95  0.0  0.1   136   128 ??  Is     3:47PM    0:00.00 
>> nfsd:
>> master (nfsd)
>> root     10920  0.0  0.1   128    96 ??  IL     3:47PM    0:15.94 
>> nfsd:
>> server (nfsd)
>> root      4630  0.0  0.1   128    96 ??  IL     3:47PM    0:00.00 
>> nfsd:
>> server (nfsd)
>> root     14277  0.0  0.1   128    96 ??  IL     3:47PM    0:00.00 
>> nfsd:
>> server (nfsd)
>> root      1746  0.0  0.1   128    96 ??  IL     3:47PM    0:00.00 
>> nfsd:
>> server (nfsd)
>>
>> [/export/client/root]:ps -ax | grep port
>> 23175 ??  Is      0:00.01 portmap
>>
>> [/]:ps -ax | grep mount
>> 17944 ??  Is      0:00.02 mountd
>>
>>
>> and I can see the NFS share from another box so I know that it is
>> exported. I also tried with /export/client/root exported to the world.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Help please!
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> -- 
> Bernd Sieker
>
> NetBSD - your basement or mine?
> 		-- Julian Assange
>