Subject: Re: HOWTO: Install to local disk on a netbooted 4000/60?
To: None <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/16/2004 19:48:03
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On Fri, 2004-07-16 17:36:29 +0200, ragge@ludd.luth.se <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
wrote in message <200407161536.RAA23747@father.ludd.luth.se>:
> > Wow, that one even works! How to proceed from here?
> > >>> boot dka0
> > -DKA0
> > >> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11 Wed Jul 14 19:06:38 UTC 2004] <<
> > >> Press any key to abort autoboot0=20
> > nfs_open: must mount first.
> > open netbsd.vax: Device not configured
>=20
> Hm, something doesn't work as expectet :-/
>=20
> Try to type "boot sd(0,0)netbsd" and see if it works any better,
> if not then try "boot rom(0,0)netbsd".



>>> b dka0

 .
-DKA0
>> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11 Wed Jul 14 19:06:38 UTC 2004] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot4=20
Press '?' for help
> boot sd(0,0)netbsd
nfs_open: must mount first.
open sd: Device not configured
Boot failed: Device not configured
> boot rom(0,0)netbsd
nfs_open: must mount first.
open rom: Device not configured
Boot failed: Device not configured
>=20

> boot program can only load the kernel from disk if it itself is loaded=20
> from disk, it's not possible to load boot from ethernet and then the
> kernel from disk.  Someone should write the standalone scsi code...

If NetBSD does have a library to access it's ffs (like ext2fs lib), we
(the Linux guys) already have a simple off-disk loader. Maybe it could
be extended a bit for that...

MfG, JBG

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