Re: [9fans] panic

[frank@inua.be (Frank Lenaerts)]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:29:26PM +0100, Frank Lenaerts wrote:
Hi,

Apart from the original problem (the panic), where should I put the
plan9.ini style file when booting via PXE from a non-Plan 9
(e.g. Linux) box. Would 9pxeload look for the file in /cfg/pxe under
the tftp root directory (e.g. /tftpboot)?

> As this machine does not have a floppy drive and I do not want to burn
> a new CD just to modify plan9.ini, I tried to boot the system using
> PXE (from a Linux machine running a dhcp and tftp server). The
> intention was to get 9pxeload to load a plan9.ini file from the Linux
> machine and to then continue booting from the CD (i.e. trying to pass
> the *noe820scan to the kernel).
> 
> To do this, I did the following:
> 
> - configured the dhcp server (MAC, filename...)
> - put 9pxeload in place
> - modified plan9.ini so that it contains *noe820scan and renamed it to
>   the MAC address of the NIC
> 
> Booting the PC using PXE loads 9pxeload but the plan9.ini file is not
> found:
> 
> --- begin ---
> initial probe, to find plan9.ini...pcirouting: ...
> 
> Boot devices: fd0
> boot from: 
> ---  end  ---
> 
> The 9load manpage says that the file should be put in /cfg/pxe (which
> I then created under /tftpboot on the Linux box). I thought that
> 9pxeload would request /cfg/pxe/<MAC> using TFTP but even that does
> not seem to be the case i.e. it seems as if 9pxeload doesn't request
> any file using TFTP... Could somebody explain me how it is supposed to
> work?

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Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- frank@inua.be