From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 08:34:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A4FAFC for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:34:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com (mail-lb0-f174.google.com [209.85.217.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61E2FFC0 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f174.google.com with SMTP id l12so379426lbo.5 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:34:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BmzKmTtBksi7kyPHYhbRgFZn9OiPwvkQ08bPjIJTZyY=; b=WvdTCnaf3OXfR6d0wqKNO9Pp+0t0cdKthS+gyEwQMAsJ0vW9gyf2EGb4UEkXVBOkcI rwEmsGugmKY0ZFbF+DWDtMtuXgiuYLgWbWE2hlyWUyIoZl8YU9JAvzi4AbxxSay/3DJm XvUT87yzCuvTwqQHQRACIvguR5I3QGn/i6fPBWg7B5uIcIjz8l2SBlKzlafZRx0iFPSO DXPU+EI40ABRbLVCG26oGLf6ZOuukdkIptUnZ0JKqDnYvZnPWxVvuBrF7hoEZU8S7N4/ yjbmkQifZmw+VzuxmWcW0RhdYMoySVqyERKmjwYtt8E61lgcwFujVWMBwFiffvEFvAKc SOWw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.133.67 with SMTP id pa3mr273382lab.44.1359448440467; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:34:00 -0800 (PST) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.24.225 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:34:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:34:00 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: cMwBwS38-gJN2RJN6aMxkQ48dwA Message-ID: Subject: Re: mounting root from NFS via ROOTDEVNAME From: Craig Rodrigues To: "Eggert, Lars" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:34:08 -0000 On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Eggert, Lars wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to netboot a system where the root device is specified in the > kernel via ROOTDEVNAME: > > Lars, I recommend that you do not use ROOTDEVNAME, and instead you should follow the instructions which I wrote and contributed to the FreeBSD handbook: "PXE Booting with an NFS Root File System" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-pxe-nfs.html The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too). BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel free to say hello, because I work around the corner from there. :) -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org