Re: Netbooting a C110

In message <20030509184636.GA3918@avfnet>
	so spake Alexander Frolkin (avf):

> I have a C110, and I've discovered that the latest snapshot boots to a
> command prompt, although it can't access the disks. While support for
> disks is under development, I'd like to get the machine to netboot
> (off another OpenBSD machine).

You should be able to boot from a disk on the narrow scsi, just
not the fast-wide differential.

> From what I can see, I need a LIF image containing a kernel with
> ``config bsd root on nfs swap on nfs''. I can theoretically cross
> compile such a thing on my i386, but I haven't seen anything that I
> can use to make a LIF image.
> 
> Hence, I have several questions.
> 
>  (a) Is there a LIF image with such a kernel available for download
>      somewhere, that I've missed?
>  (b) Are the any tools to create LIF images? (How is lif33.fs created?)
>  (c) Is there a bootloader which can download a kernel via NFS and boot
>      it? (Such as those for sparc and hp300.)
>  (d) Is there a way to tell the kernel from the boot loader that I want
>      it to mount root via NFS? (So that I could just use the GENERIC or
>      RAMDISK kernels.)

Isn't the lif33.fs file what you need?  When last I checked we
didn't have support for NFS-mounting the kernel via the boot loader.

 - todd