On 7/26/04 5:28 PM, "Martin Michlmayr" wrote: > Hmm, I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Why do you think you > cannot use my description? Is it because Debian sarge has not > been released yet as "stable"? If so, I wouldn't worry about that > because we'll release it in a few months. > > You can simply use your woody server as the DHCP and NFS source for > the Cobalt installation. You need need sarge on your server. Maybe > that's not clear in my description?
I am assuming, which is always wrong on my part, that your method needs a serial cable to manage the install, where as Paul's claims the LCD will provide a telnet access. We use those wonderful Mac's without all the extras :( I did read your how to and I just may have to go that route. I know a lot of the information on Paul's is 2 years old and a lot may have changed. > >> In Paul's how to he refers to /nfsroot and also /mnt/nfsroot and >> states to place the vmxlinux_raq-2800.gz in /nfsroot but keeps >> referring to /mnt/nfsroot, I also have the nfsroot.tar.gz package, >> and his how to doesn't make it clear on where to place this package, >> we tried both /nfsroot and /mnt/nfsroot. > > Ah, yeah, the description is a bit misleading. There are 2 things > Paul's install needs: the kernel, and the NFS base environment. The > kernel _needs_ to be in /nfsroot because this is where the Cobalt's > firmware will look for it. However, the NFS base can be anywhere - > Paul's HOWTO uses /mnt/nfsroot. Basically, put the NFS base where > your DHCP's root-path points to. > > In other words, vmlinux_raq-2800.gz needs to be in /nfsroot and > unpack nfsroot.tar.gz into /mnt/nfsroot. We did that. > >> We are using a firewall on the Debian server, are there ports I need >> to open to get the Raq to be able to grab the package? We opened >> 111, 600 and NFS to our Public block. > > Did it actually load the kernel? Where did it stop? I suppose it > didn't actually load the kernel. Some Cobalt machines look for a > kernel named vmlinux_raq-2800.gz but other models look for other > names. Try copying this file to vmlinux_RAQ.gz and vmlinux.gz. Maybe > this helps. I don't think it is, I will try some different namings. I looked at the Sun Restore CD and not much to go on for ho they want the kernel named. Looks like vmlinux.gz?? Thanks for the help so far. -- David Thurman The Web Presence Group http://www.the-presence.com Web Development/E-Commerce/CMS/Hosting/Dedicated Servers 800-399-6441/309-679-0774
