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Date:      22 Feb 2003 22:09:23 -0500
From:      Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Diskless: 5.0R scripts, boot, NFS mount problems I didn't have in 4.7S
Message-ID:  <87lm07itgc.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org>
In-Reply-To: <200302230146.h1N1kQrZ024560@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <87el65pi4e.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <200302191844.h1JIiUIh004070@apollo.backplane.com> <87smufiz66.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <200302230146.h1N1kQrZ024560@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:

>     If you do this pxeboot will attempt to load the kernel via TFTP
>     instead of via NFS.  You then put your kernel in /tftpboot right along
>     side a copy of pxeboot.

>     This allows you to netboot a different kernel then the one in the 
>     server's root directory.

Ahhhhh... [sound of lightbulb going on]

I was wondering why it would be useful to get the kernel via TFTP
rather than the NFS mount.  Makes sense.

Thanks!

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