Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:23:15 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: "Matthew Zahorik" <matt@thebiz.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PXE (was : Re: Netbooting FreeBSD 4.0/Intel?) Message-ID: <C12568A5.004F092F.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
The future way to netboot Intel-Based PC is via PXE (for which a specification can be
found on intel's web site).
I do not know exactly the implication of this choice, but there may be modification in
the loader, in order to load a kernel via the network, using the PXE services of the
BIOS and the Ethernet NIC.
TfH
"Matthew Zahorik" <matt@thebiz.net> on 16/03/2000 19:40:20
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
cc: (bcc: Thierry HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL)
Subject: Netbooting FreeBSD 4.0/Intel?
Does anyone have a howto on netbooting FreeBSD 4.0/Intel with Etherboot?
I've easily managed to netboot my FreeBSD 4.0/Alpha boxes with the included
Alpha SRM netboot utility. I really like the bootp/NFS solution used by
netboot. It's quite clean, especially since I'm mounting root from this
same box.
My Intel boxes are proving to be more difficult.
Netboot is depreciated on Intel, and doesn't even seem to compile on FreeBSD
4.0. Either way, it doesn't support the Intel Pro/100+ cards (82559 based)
I have in my Intel boxes. No bootp/NFS for the Intel boxes. :-(
So I turned to Etherboot as suggested in many Usenet postings and the list
archives.
I hand compiled the latest, etherboot 4.4.4. That didn't work. (see below)
I used ports to install etherboot 4.2.13. (Had to change the Makefile since
it specifies 4.2.11, which isn't available anymore) This too didn't work.
In both cases, I wrote floppyload.bin and eepro100.lzrun to a floppy.
Etherboot starts, gets its IP address from bootp, TFTP's the kernel, quickly
says "Loading Segment 1" then "Loading Segment 2" and then promptly reboots
the machine.
The kernel is compiled with all the option BOOTP.* bits - it should work.
So, if anyone has any pointers or a list of things you did to get this work,
I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
- Matt
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