From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 19 14:13:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84687B4 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2278FC08 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fo13so6657480vcb.13 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:13:10 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :x-gm-message-state; bh=3BQYcKM3SvUvQDdGLK4ePSL2S/3UTYvn7EFhXaHsVeE=; b=E4MGot24aHCR6HGXSFBooc1NnLr6pWCIGv+fyhN/yaDTA6tPEg6Nh+9mYaMdEzrGeF Z5ZaWs6rjzphpuR1JDvBEiIbQIrPaIYAIhW0FC9KV/UQ2DaOGhmNaNJ/hS3Rf4muMxVJ 35W+Lnk498AvX8KbzZExkUenCkvO53DIeplz8n+qUeQldgHMjPVtWhdHbe2QTaxjuiS8 z5OBHEaOt3sFghHc0a/6C3pXhQ8QhxiYjrRcPznX+dyCcu6VNzNNEiaGk04C8NTbu5aP 6fgJYRRM5UsFYIvLL2RbyDcsBPnWLPZ3e5A10J/RKoTjleWTCdvb2zHEI7Ri/Bk4uDHN k7IA== Received: by 10.220.152.11 with SMTP id e11mr18865903vcw.61.1353334390372; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:13:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [97.33.25.237] (237.sub-97-33-25.myvzw.com. [97.33.25.237]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id di16sm3977916vdb.11.2012.11.19.06.13.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:13:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Using PC-Sysinstall for automated network installs of FreeBSD References: <6AE3D893-A88C-47FA-9DEE-8C0837124481@longcount.org> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B206) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <7AC03C04-FB1B-4307-83C4-9F71825470EE@longcount.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:13:04 -0500 To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk6XPbNcfVoTlSzDy0dFTWQg4Ci26fZiV/nxLE7iMYqTVkPhz73DAZ3AIHxN4ax2px8lkB9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:13:11 -0000 On Nov 17, 2012, at 12:19 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Mark Saad wrote: >=20 >> On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Warren Block wrote: >>=20 >>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Warren Block wrote: >>>=20 >>>> Trying to start this from SYSLINUX almost works. My menu config just d= oes >>>=20 >>> Actually, it does work on a real machine. It stalls on a VirtualBox VM d= uring or after the NFS root mount. >>=20 >> Strange , I will test it on virtualbox when I get some time next week . I= did a lot of the testing initially on VMware esxi 4.0 and I did not have an= y issues related to VM stuff . What version of vbox did you use ? What netwo= rk interface choice did you use in vbox ? >=20 > VirtualBox 4.1.22, FreeBSD 9-stable amd64 host. Only the "PCnet-FAST III (= Am79C973)" can pxe-boot, and only in bridged mode. Does this nic pxe boot other versions of FreeBSD ? Isn't there a way to mak= e it think it has a intel em nic? --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org