Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:03:41 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Balgansuren Batsukh <balgaa@micom.mn> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.2, 7.0-BETA1 on X60 Message-ID: <17396322@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <001001c835b0$f2f29700$c801000a@balgaa> (Balgansuren Batsukh's message of "Mon\, 3 Dec 2007 21\:31\:55 %2B0800") References: <004d01c8214d$b5a02970$c801000a@balgaa> <4732E7D9.4040804@wlink.com.np> <001001c835b0$f2f29700$c801000a@balgaa>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:31:55 +0800 Balgansuren Batsukh wrote: > I tried to install FreeBSD on X60 using PXE boot, but unsuccessfully > finish my attempt. > When it start PXE boot it get IP address from DHCP, download PXE boot > file from TFTP server, > then trying to load kernel image from TFTP server. Did you look at /var/log/xferlog? Is there something interesting? > After 10-20 minutes it give me error message "can't load kernel", I > tried many times load boot/kernel/kernel, but same result. You may try tcpdump/wireshark at the server side (as someone has already suggested). > I guess PXE boot read much longer time to load kernel file and > suddenly give me error message. > I followed instruction on http://www.hack.org/mc/freebsd-x60.html There are many ways to run diskless. I found FreeBSD docs very useful: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-diskless.html diskless(8), /usr/share/examples/diskless/clone_root > I made X60---->LAN switch---->TFTP/DHCP/NFS server and even tried > X60---cross-over cable---->TFTP/DHCP/NFS server. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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