Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:50:55 -0400 From: Mathew Kanner <mat@cs.mcgill.ca> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mathew Kanner <mat@cs.mcgill.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, ps@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PXE Booting? Message-ID: <20000519165055.C4137@cs.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: John Baldwin's message [Re: PXE Booting?] as of Fri, May 19, 2000 at 04:25:24PM -0400 References: <20000519145258.B4137@cs.mcgill.ca> <20000519202433.EZAP22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>
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On May 19, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 19-May-00 Mathew Kanner wrote: > > On May 18, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >> On 18-May-00 Mathew Kanner wrote: > >> > [... snip ...] > >> > Is there an easier way? Has anyone done this before? > >> > >> It is done and committed to both RELENG_4 and -current. If you > >> install a machine with a recent 4.x snap from releng4.FreeBSD.org > >> you can read the pxeboot(8) manpage for more info on setting it up. > >> This will also be in release 4.1 scheduled to be released in a couple > >> of months. > > > > > > Thanks, I got it and compiled it (from releng_4) and I can't > > seem to get it to work. The manual mentions that I can select (at > > compile time) NFS vs TFTP, but I couldn't find where I can define > > this. Should I try to get a newer PXE image for the card? > > The choice is made at compile time via some Make variables in > sys/boot/i386/loader, IIRC. The real person you need to talk to is > Paul Saab <ps@FreeBSD.org>. He should be able to help you with the > problem you are having. > Well, switching it to tftp gets the kernel to boot at least!!! Many thanks for your help. --Mat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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