> dhcp/tftp works to set diskless terminal ethernet ip, fs and auth ip > addresses and downloads 9pxeload to diskless terminal. 9pxeload then > fails with an exception. > > I suspect it fails because I haven't told 9pxeload how to load what > kernel. I have created the /cfg/pxe/<etheraddr> file but have yet to > guess the correct incantation of syntax to specify the kernel location.
in addition, you need to add "bootf=/386/9pxeload" in the /lib/ndb/local entry for this machine. > I have included ether0=type=i82557 in this file so 9pxeload knows > which device to use. not necessary. > The 9load man page says that the plan9.ini file attribute > bootfile=device!file or bootfile=device!partition!file specifies what > kernel to load. However it says if you specify ether0 for device, > 'file' is determined by /lib/ndb which just loaded 9pxeload, which is > pretty circular logic (imho). I've tried bootfile=manual to no avail. the kernel is specified in /cfg/pxe/<ea>. e.g. nobootprompt=ether0!/386/9pccpu - erik
