From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 13 20:25:12 2007 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 878C116A418 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:25:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.kuban.ru (mail.kuban.ru [62.183.66.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E613513C45D for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from bsam.ru ([85.172.12.174]) by mail.kuban.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id l9DKOl9U005816; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:25:01 +0400 (MSD) Received: (from bsam@localhost) by bsam.ru (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9DKRfFX001697; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:27:41 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) X-Authentication-Warning: bsam.ru: bsam set sender to bsam@ipt.ru using -f To: "O. Hartmann" References: <470FA23C.6070507@zedat.fu-berlin.de> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:27:41 +0400 In-Reply-To: <470FA23C.6070507@zedat.fu-berlin.de> (O. Hartmann's message of "Fri\, 12 Oct 2007 18\:35\:08 +0200") Message-ID: <87662578@bsam.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD 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, 13 Oct 2007 20:25:12 -0000 On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:35:08 +0200 O. Hartmann wrote: > Well, I have a bunch of TYAN S2925B based boxes, all without floppy > drives. For BIOS flash preparation I need an installation media and > due to the fact I do not have a Windows XP box or FreeDOS box I need > my laptop for creation of a bootable USB key media with the > appropriate BIOS flash images and flashing tools. > It seems to be a desaster. Every Wiki I visited looking for the > subject referes to Gentoo/FreeDOS or highly complicated voodoo > sessions installing first some files on floppy drive and the creating > a bootable USB key ... blabla. > Sorry, but I do not have FreeDOS running nor do I have Linux/Gentoo or > Windows XP, I run FreeBSD on all of my machines. But in the age of > legacy free computers, were floppy drives seems to be not essential > anymore I run into massif problems having a legacy free server from > TYAN without the ability taking any BIOS images from an USB key :-( > The problem is I picked up some memory issues which have been solved > with one of the newer BIOS images so I desperately need an update > solution. > Does anyone do have an idea? It is not an answer to your question. It's just how I do it. Limitation: I use only PXE-capable cards. 1. Set up a dhcp server. In my case all servers are located at one hardware server. 2. Set up a tftp server. 3. Use pxelinux [1] to boot the needed binary. 1. Dhcp config (partial): ----- host temp1 { hardware ethernet ; fixed-address ; filename "pxelinux.0"; server-name "booting.domain.com"; next-server booting.domain.com; option host-name "temp1.domain.com"; } ----- [1] http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php WBR -- bsam