Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

2004-03-12 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 08:03, Thomas Poindessous wrote: > Ok, I found why. In initrd, /dev is not populated, and so there is no > /dev/console when initrd is mounted. I don't know why, maybe it's > related to devfs. > > Anyone has a idea ? > > PS : i did a mknod console c 5 1 in the initrd image

Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:39:42PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've poked around some more. > I can at least get the system up by booting with the options > devfs=mount init=/bin/sh > > As far as I can tell it's trying to write past the end of the ram disk. > I'd like to try and let it hav

Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

2004-03-12 Thread Stuart . Auchterlonie
; Subject: Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:25:30AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NB: Please CC replies, I'm not on the list > > Warning: unable to open an initial console. Ok, I found why. In initrd, /dev is not populated, and so there is no /dev/console when initrd is mounted. I don't know why, maybe it's r

Re: Sparc64 Netbooting

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:25:30AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NB: Please CC replies, I'm not on the list > > Anyone had any success with booting the sparc64 daily netboot images? > I've tried the images over the last few days and they all fail at the same > point. > > This is trying to boo