6.2-PRERELEASE/amd64 boot kernel.gz failes

[Danny Braniss]

> Danny Braniss wrote:
> > originally posted to amd64 at freebsd.org:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 	While trying to figure out why boot/pxeboot failes on some
> > kernels/hosts, I think i've come up with one solid nogo,
> > if the kernel is gzipped it always fails.
> > 	Can someone confirm this? or am i suffering from some
> > local problem?
> 
> I believe I've seen this before when booting i386 kernels from soekris
> boards.  I've taken to using pxeboot to load netboot and then use
> netboot to load a kernel as the netboot drivers are way faster (for
> soekris at least).  Hopping through netboot also lets you have a menu to
> select one of several kernels to load.
> 
> 	Sam
> 

I'll check this asap, btw, does netboot use pxe too?

danny