Re: netboot.lif missing + netinstall experiance

Quoting Rudi Ludwig <[email protected]>:

> 
> Hello all,

Hi,

> I was doing a diskless installation for my 712/60 from
> ../head/20070421../hp700/
> Unfortunately I got stuck after unpacking and arranging
> everything at the server because there is no kernel wrapped
> in a lif file to serve via tftp.

The lif file at 

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200704210002Z/hp700/installation/netinstall.lif

should do the trick.

> I tried to make one from my running hppa 3.99.8 but
> the result of a
> 
> /usr/mdec/mkboot <<path to netbsd-generic e.g. from kern.tgz>> \
> netboot.lif

You need

        /usr/mdec/mkboot /usr/mdec/boot <kernel> > netboot.lif

> Giving netinstall.lif a try:

Sorry, I'm confused which netinstall.lif did you try?

> - on the upside it works i.e. boots.
> 
> - unfortunately the installer uses ESC-sequences (as it seams) to
> do some formating at the prompt, that the console cannot handle.
> The result is hardly readable.
> 
> - the other downside is that on this slower/older 60MHz version
> of the HP712 that I happen to have the keyboard just does not work.
> That is, it workes of course at the prom console but when the kernel
> presents the console the thing is dead.
> Therefor also the need to configure everything on the nfs-server
> such that the client boots completely and I can login via ssh.
> 
> So if anyone could either
> - provide / sent me the missing netboot.lif or give
> - working instrucions how I can create it with what I have
>   funcional
> 
> would be realy nice.
> 
> TIA
> 
> //rudi

Cheers,
Nick
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