Re: Kernel config for Sun 3/50

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On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, 14:31 Trent McNair, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I went all the way back to NetBSD 2 and was able to boot, just barely.
> I can also boot SunOS 4.11 comfortably (no surprise).
>
> When I try and boot 9.3, I don't successfully get through single-user
> mode. I'm net-booting, and if I'm not mistaken, there is no remote
> swap support in single-user mode, so I think I've hit a roadblock and
> 4M is just not sufficient to get the job done.
>

It should be possible - dhcp has an option for swap-server
https://man.netbsd.org/dhcp-options.5

If its not fully wired in on the boot loader/ kernel side then that's "just
a matter of code" :)

Are you able to boot single user, add swap and then hit ^D to continue
multi user?

David

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, 14:31 Trent McNair, &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I went all the way back to NetBSD 2 and was abl=
e to boot, just barely.<br>
I can also boot SunOS 4.11 comfortably (no surprise).<br>
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mode. I&#39;m net-booting, and if I&#39;m not mistaken, there is no remote<=
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4M is just not sufficient to get the job done.<br></blockquote></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">It should be possible - dhcp has an=
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ttps://man.netbsd.org/dhcp-options.5</a></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"auto">If its not fully wired in on the boot loader/ kernel side =
then that&#39;s &quot;just a matter of code&quot; :)</div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Are you able to boot single user, add swap and=
 then hit ^D to continue multi user?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"auto">David</div></div>

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