Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:10:00 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Network installation on a UEFI-only box Message-ID: <20201221121000.GA23763@admin.sibptus.ru>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, Now that there are many PCs with UEFI-only BIOSes (no legacy mode nor CSM), how can I install FreeBSD over network on those? I successfully boot iPXE from the network, then load FreeBSD installation media over http: dhcp sanboot http://192.168.170.5/tftpboot/FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memst= ick.img or=20 dhcp sanboot http://192.168.170.5/tftpboot/FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.i= so Good news: both images get transferred successfully over the network and start to boot. They even reach the "Loading kernel..." stage. Bad news: later they freeze or break at various points of the boot process. This is just one example of a frozen boot: http://admin.sibptus.ru/~vas/IMG_20201221_190435.jpg if I press "Enter" here, it reboots. If anybody is interested I can probably produce more info. But first of all, please tell me if I have chosen the right technology (iPXE) for booting the installation media over the network, or maybe what I'm doing is stupid and there *is* the right way. --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJf4JCYAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0P2oH/0GJXToFN8Yn+GSyKD/Y6NdQ xZaLEGGOlyE2gfu6pAWxFKoc7f/RH+AMQwyVwGk7ppPELhsNhMmths9rt6mBj2x9 CcPoggSh5/rOyX1H8eqyQqmzH3zsWmdMi4wLBSI9omGEISruS4zU/9Oy84CNSh60 hMBF5mg0ASLOUVrvehVlqK9OCCTjWsmvmvnYvcl1JEBe6pgC/CubDG4lUhc+Cne1 OQNxi4VjfgnBQ8iqUENHDjUMS3OuvRKtyC85xzS6H9GB3Pf1fPrlBU8iQjPRANEB Rk27W06cSksGm3yqMD8ZhrTjtXhr/l11PD58ZAZgAz6kDzEcl2PusK26ebvcBT0= =etPu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20201221121000.GA23763>