On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 05:48:19PM -0400, B.C.J.O wrote:
I'm trying to build a custom tftp boot image for a series of ultra5's with
support for / on nfs and I've been having a hell of a time tracking down
documentation on the process. I would be deeply gratefull if somebody
would direct me towards some docs. The diskless boot howto on the linuxdoc
site neglects sparc; I know the tftp boot images in the debian archives
are catenated kernels /w ramdisks, and tilo is used to glue the components
together, but I'm not clear on how to integrate these components.
Small question, why do you want a tftp image if you are going to use NFS
for / ?
If that's all you want, compile a kernel, run elftoaout on it and use the
resulting image for the netboot. You'll need to either pass special params
on the PROM command, or use bootp so that it will mount the NFS.
Because I didn't know that this was possible. =) I looked at the tftp
images on the debian archive and jumped to some conclusions. These boxes
don't have disk, so I can't write the kernel out locally.
Brian
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for
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