-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Anyhow, here goes. I�ve got a VX40 Multia, which I�m trying to > > netboot. I tried stable, no dice. kernel dies and it > reboots. Then, I > > tried Woody. It worked. Loads tftpboot.img, I�m able to mount > > nfs, install the base system. I get an error about chroot > > /target, but I cancel out, and attempt to finish the install. It > > locks up > on reboot. > > > So, then I take my newly loaded Debian install, and try to boot > > with an aboot padded kernel. Of course, I�m sure you know what > happens, as > > the Debian kernels no longer have NFS compiled in, and it > can�t mount > > root fs. > > > erm, i thought they did. I always install over nfs ... (local > mirror availability and all) and have never noticed the lack of > support. > does 'cat /proc/filesystems' contain a line with "nodev nfs"?
�nodev nfs� is in there when I boot off the rescue floppy. What does that mean? > another option is to put a local copy of the install files > (modules, root > etc) on a disk and transfer that into your multia. then load the > nfs module. > I 've made a boot floppy from the Debian install process, and tried using the rescue floppy, passing arguments as such: boot -pr bootp ewa0 -flags "root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/foo" Still can't mount root at 00:00 > > NetBSD, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD all are afflicted with the same > > problem. The kernel can�t get the mac address from the firmware. > > At > > > that seems to indicate more of a hardware problem than a > software/debian/RH/<OS_here> problem :( > try flashing the console with the latest firmware (locations > available many > times over in the archives here and www.linuxalpha.org) > Nope. The problem IS with the latest firmware. 3.8.3 is buggy. 3.8.2 works well, but Digital won�t release it. > > first, I thought this might of been the problem that potato had, > > and maybe it did, but it�s fixed now, I guess. I suppose I need > > to get out a cross compiler and start building. > > > only caveat there, is that you *really* want to build your > alpha binaries > on a 64 bit machine. Wierd stuff and broken binaries happens > otherwise. > Good plan. I think I know someone to help me out. I�ll post status of woody again later. Zach Lowry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPH/fIoHWQmQc5olOEQK0TACfSPJBdbE2+D6IPgBHu7rppsWsbekAn2Fx ZMCa8CLuoDkoyqEGI8/qflSO =xN8w -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
