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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:54:32 -0700 (MST)
From:      Todd Mortensen <todd@thisisa.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   pxeboot automated installs. 
Message-ID:  <971484872.39e7aec8e7613@mail.thisisa.com>
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I am trying to use the pxeboot loader in freebsd to do automated installes.  

I have everything setup and working as far as tftp and isc-dhcpd.  

I have also found the make file in sys/boot/i386/loader and have tried setting 
pxe to nfs and to tftp.  I would prefer to get it to work on the default 
setting of nfs if possible.  

Upon boot of any pxe machines they get a dhcp address.  Then tftp the pxeboot 
file.  After this btx takes over and the last message I get is where it should 
start getting the files off of the nfs server.  like the kernel.  But the 
messages I see are this.  

bootp: no reply
pxe_open: server addr: 0.0.0.0
pxe_open: server path: /pxeroot
pxe_open: gateway ip: 0.0.0.0

Here is what my dhcpd.conf file looks like.

option domain-name "thisisa.net";
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 10.255.255.255;
option domain-name-servers 10.255.255.3;
filename "pxeboot";
server-identifier 10.255.255.3;
server-name "portal";
default-lease-time 7200;
max-lease-time 7200;
subnet 10.255.255.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        option root-path "/usr/releng4";
        server-name "portal";
        option domain-name-servers 10.255.255.3;
        filename "pxeboot";
        next-server 10.255.255.3;
        range 10.255.255.30 10.255.255.230;
        }
subnet 192.168.200.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        not authoritative;
}

I have also tried this with a dynamic bootp range.

I have only been able to get the pxe_open messages to change its path by hand 
editing the  /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/pxe.h file and changeing the static 
value of /pxeroot to what I want.  

I still have not been able to change the server address from 0.0.0.0

Any experience anyone has with useing the intel pxe boot loader would be 
awesome,  the pxe version on the motherboard is v 0.96


Thanks. 


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