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List:       freebsd-ppc
Subject:    Re: Netbooting effort
From:       Andrew Gallatin <gallatin () cs ! duke ! edu>
Date:       2003-02-26 14:55:10
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Sean Welch writes:
 > I forgot to mention what I put into my fstab:
 > 
 > 172.19.19.33:/data/ppc / nfs rw 0 0
 > 
 > I also tried exporting /data/ppc/usr and /data/ppc/var/ along
 > with /data/ppc (adding corresponding entries to the fstab) but
 > got exactly the same results.  It never gets past the following:
 > 
 > Mounting NFS file systems:.
 > Starting syslogd.
 > Feb 25 19:45:59  syslogd: kernel boot file is /kernel
 > 
 > The only clue I have is the "kernel: setrootbyname failed"
 > statement in the messages file...

You might have actually booted all the way up, but don't have a getty
running.   Note that the ppc port does not (yet?) use syscons, so
gettys on ttyvX can't work.

Do you have an /etc/ttys?  Are you starting a getty on ofwcons?

Drew

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