On a machine that normally runs amd64-7.1_STABLE from local disk, I used to be able to netboot (PXE) an 8.0_BETA kernel and operate via NFS root. I have "-obootconf,modules" enabled in the "pxeboot_ia32.bin" I use (from i386-8.99.7).
After some time of not doing so, I again tried netbooting that machine today. It did not succeed. I observed the kernel segments loading, followed by the various modules specified in the machine's NFS-resident "boot.cfg" file, then: [kernel segments] [module load messages] bootinfo too big Boot fail Other machines netboot with this arrangement just fine (normally booting -current). The particular machine in question has a large number of hard disks (nine of them, 1x9GB + 8x1TB ). Might that have something to do with it? -- |/"\ John D. Baker, KN5UKS NetBSD Darwin/MacOS X |\ / jdbaker[snail]mylinuxisp[flyspeck]com OpenBSD FreeBSD | X No HTML/proprietary data in email. BSD just sits there and works! |/ \ GPGkeyID: D703 4A7E 479F 63F8 D3F4 BD99 9572 8F23 E4AD 1645
