Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:45:52 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using PC-Sysinstall for automated network installs of FreeBSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211202240390.42449@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <7AC03C04-FB1B-4307-83C4-9F71825470EE@longcount.org> References: <CAMXt9NZbHKDBsKhhMwq%2BLY2pLXET6Fmcargx9pWF_n8z=z-_5w@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211161816180.1607@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211161842030.2013@wonkity.com> <6AE3D893-A88C-47FA-9DEE-8C0837124481@longcount.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211162212410.2013@wonkity.com> <7AC03C04-FB1B-4307-83C4-9F71825470EE@longcount.org>
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Mark Saad wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 12:19 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Mark Saad wrote: >> >>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Warren Block wrote: >>>> >>>>> Trying to start this from SYSLINUX almost works. My menu config just does >>>> >>>> Actually, it does work on a real machine. It stalls on a VirtualBox VM during or after the NFS root mount. >>> >>> 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 any issues related to VM stuff . What version of vbox did you use ? What network interface choice did you use in vbox ? >> >> 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 make it think it has a intel em nic? Either this is VirtualBox weirdness as I would like to believe, or more likely user error, because now I've managed to boot FreeBSD 8 and 9 with this setup. Don't know what the difference was.
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