From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 29 15:36:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3232C16A4CE for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 15:36:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ACDD43D2F for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 15:36:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.84])2003))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 May 2004 16:36:08 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HYH00FOGYS8PT70@pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 May 2004 16:36:08 -0600 (MDT) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (S010600609761a671.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HYH00ICEYS7EA@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 May 2004 16:36:08 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com [192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4TMnZIh085982; Sat, 29 May 2004 15:49:35 -0700 Received: from hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (localhost.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com [127.0.0.1]) by hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4TFm3qL016312; Sat, 29 May 2004 08:48:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from aardvark@localhost) by hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4TFm2sg001845; Sat, 29 May 2004 08:48:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 08:48:02 -0700 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: <20040528152103.GA5311@belegost.housden.org> To: John Housden Message-id: <20040529154802.GA28582@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i References: <20040528152103.GA5311@belegost.housden.org> X-Authentication-warning: hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com: aardvark set sender to aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Jumpstart Guide / PXE network installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:36:09 -0000 John Housden disturbed my sleep to write: > 1. I have compiled and installed a custom kernel on my PXE server >   which works fine. I have placed my new kernel in /usr/tftpboot and >   in the NFS root. The PXE client loads the correct kernel to start the >   install, but after rebooting the client boots the GENERIC >   kernel. Where is sysinstall getting this kernel from? Is it possible that this is the GENERIC kernel installed by the usual installation process (in other words, the same kernel you'd expect to see after a CD-based install)? > 2. I have a 'shutdown' command at the end of my install.cfg script, >   but on both a Dell Precision 610 and an IBM PC330, this does not >   work: instead the system reboots and restarts the installation >   unless I intercept the reboot! What am I missing? If you're installing to, and then booting from, a hard drive, I'd check the BIOS boot order. > 3. I get a prompt 'loading module ida.ko failed'. This is for Compaq >   Smart RAID, but I did not configure this option in my custom >   kernel. Presumably, I have not configured the list of kernel >   modules correctly? No idea, I'm afraid. > > Any pointers gratefully received - this has been driving me nuts for too > long now! > This is my first post to the list. I had to set up PXE booting for work, and it took me a *long* time to figure out, too. If you've got this far, you're doing great. If you've not checked out this link, it's well worth a look: http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml Hope that helps! -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.