From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 15:33:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BCFC37B401 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net (sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.21.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D00543FA3 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nkinkade@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net) Received: from nkinkade by sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 197jqw-000ONE-00; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:34 -0700 Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:34 -0700 From: Nathan Kinkade To: K Anderson Message-ID: <20030421223334.GD92029@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Mail-Followup-To: Nathan Kinkade , K Anderson , FreeBSD Questions References: <3EA45EA5.1090606@attbi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="g7w8+K/95kPelPD2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EA45EA5.1090606@attbi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: Nathan Kinkade cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Diskless Workstation Boot - kernel.diskless can't parse file... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: nkinkade@fastmail.fm List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:33:36 -0000 --g7w8+K/95kPelPD2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 02:12:05PM -0700, K Anderson wrote: > Greetings, >=20 > I'm interested in checking out the diskless workstation stuff but I am=20 > finding the documentation sorely lacking. >=20 > I have the dhcp server configured but I am at a point where the=20 > etherboot floppy connects, gets the assigned IP address and other=20 > information then gets stuck with the following error >=20 > Loading 192.168.100.105:kernel.diskless can't parse file name=20 > kernel.diskless >=20 > I think it might have to do with the tag kernel but the command to make= =20 > the tagged kernel doesn't exist. >=20 > So I'm looking for someone to lead me to the holly grail of diskless=20 > workstations so I can check it out. >=20 > Really good instructions are greatly appreciated. >=20 > I'm using Etherboot 5.0.8 from ports. First, FreeBSD does not need a tagged kernel like Linux, so do not tag or attempt to tag the kernel. What sort of path do you have to kernel.diskless in your dhcpd.conf file? Are you using nfs or tftp? I've got a diskless terminal going here with 4.8. I used nfs across the board so that I don't have to enable tftpd, and thence inetd. Here would be some useful information for me to know: 1) your dhcpd.conf file 2) options you selected when building your etherboot image 3) nfs or tftpd I may not be able to help, even with these, but possibly I'll see something?? Nathan --=20 GPG Public Key ID: 0x4250A04C gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4250A04C http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc --g7w8+K/95kPelPD2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+pHG+WZYS9EJQoEwRAgS+AJ9dCRbQEutueigNp5TYU42JeklBSgCg61r5 ZlQFnvmrx+sCz5GruCOuEnA= =7WpP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --g7w8+K/95kPelPD2--