From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 13:22:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D00C1065674 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidcollins001@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CD78FC1D for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidcollins001@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so376722yxb.13 for ; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:22:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=qXVk72vfav+XpX2POHuJlrxI7xImwyCXm2O7N5GASPo=; b=Z621Q8V6ZQ4xB2CB16PYQ/GgcQghxU+P6Sx28BLS+tKYuLsZbdVE30KCOsK5DPAMcg UgZcFgwzK39+sy6AG9G3zKUqypDHkYTjJNnGb9pO/nuDEIG3qT4hhrFjp/FeqlOjlZ/d gosiGwjLTZ7xKpUOEVb6DTmtymC4tXczJ+b9I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=wtKNk2xtZ8pVVRFfHT8EUvs9FrllMeww0OD89z3gh1dombYIuNC7euH8TH0WymNyb1 yJBxs+yJ7ygnkgkGM0a8O34+l9eFiIqbBeaaoZazfh/nFv8Uv74pDTDytbFQyygVo11u RZGOvNTYrD1otR07N9dI0q2FT4PEBoMf6koZw= Received: by 10.151.112.3 with SMTP id p3mr8963578ybm.198.1218288157414; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.141.2 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1b30fd140808090622k9bdfb3dyfe4d809cbfbe8d78@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 14:22:37 +0100 From: davidcollins001@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1b30fd140807291632v491323d4jb4371ec1303bd5a9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1b30fd140807291632v491323d4jb4371ec1303bd5a9@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: pxeboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:22:38 -0000 On 30/07/2008, David Collins wrote: > I have been trying to get pxeboot to work, so far with no luck. I have > a dhcp/tftp server set up and I am able to push pxeboot across the > network, so I assume that is all ok. NFS is also setup, at least I was > getting nfs errors that I don't have anymore. I copied the contents of > the 7.0 cd into the my tftpboot folder and changed the contents for > loader.conf and loader.rc Hi, I have been playing around all week and I finally have some sort of result. I am trying to pxeboot an ibm transnote (thinkpad), when I try to netboot with the power plugged in it starts to load the kernel then quickly reboots everytime. I don't think this is to do with the mfsroot gzip bug since I don't get that far - I think it maybe when it is loading the kernel, I am not sure I can't see any debugging messages they disappear from the screen quickly. I noticed that when I unplug the power and run from battery I am able to pxeboot everytime! Can anyone shed some light on why this happens? It isn't really a problem it is just an annoyance! Strangly enough if I copy the contents of the 7.0 cd to my exported directory and pxe boot from that (ie with mfsroot still gzipped) it boots right into the "cd" - no mfsroot bug here? I have tried this with 5.1 6.2 and 7.0 and they all act the same way. What I am stuck with now is when I modify loader.rc to something like the following: /usr/local/export# cat freebsd/boot/loader.rc echo Loading /boot/loader.rc load /boot/kernel/kernel set mfsroot_type="mfs_root" set mfsroot_name="/boot/mfsroot" set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0c" load -t mfs_root /boot/mfsroot autoboot 5 The booting computer hangs after it tries to install the acpi.ko module. Does anyone know how I can get around this? Thanks David