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Re: /dev and sparc64 netboot

From: Miod Vallat (miodonline.fr)
Date: Fri May 19 2006 - 14:11:13 CDT


> > root device :
>
> I figured out that if I tell it here the network interface that connects it
> to the NFS server, it boots correctly.
>
> root device : gem0

[...]

> What do I need to do in order for the node to continue booting (using gem0
> as the root device) without manual intervention?

This is a known problem (PR #5058) which has been fixed post-3.9. If you
use a snapshot, or recompile a 3.9 kernel with
src/sys/arch/sparc64/sparc64/autoconf.c upgraded to 1.46, the problem
will go away.

Miod