From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 10:12:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44F0C16A420 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:12:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from info@emre.de) Received: from smtp3.netcologne.de (smtp3.netcologne.de [194.8.194.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7D343D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:12:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from info@emre.de) Received: from localhost (netmail3.netcologne.de [194.8.194.23]) by smtp3.netcologne.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F1A67619 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:12:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from 81.173.203.54 ([81.173.203.54]) by netmail3.netcologne.de (IMP) with HTTP; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:12:04 +0100 Message-ID: <1131617524.43731cf41121f@netmail3.netcologne.de> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:12:04 +0100 From: Emre Bastuz To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: NetCologne NetMail (IMP) 4.0-cvs Cc: Subject: Using PXE to install FreeBSD 6.0 - wrong kernel path and ip X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:12:09 -0000 Hi, Iīm trying to set up an environment where I can install FreeBSD servers via network/PXE. For testing purposes I installed a FreeBSD 6.0 system inside VMWare and created all neccessary configurations according to the tutorials at http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml and http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html. (dhcpd, nfs, etc.) I also added another virtual machine into VMWare which is supposed to be the server to be set up. When I boot the "client" machine however, the following happens: # tail /var/log/dhcpd.log Nov 10 09:54:48 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 Nov 10 09:54:48 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.17 to 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 Nov 10 09:54:49 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.2.17 (192.168.2.38) from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 Nov 10 09:54:49 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.2.17 to 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 ... so far so good ... the box asks for an IP address and receives the one I have configured in the dhcpd.conf for itīs particular MAC address ... Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.17 to 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0 Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.38 (192.168.2.3) from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0: ignored (not authoritative). ... now this is strange: - why does the box ask *again* for an IP address? - why does it ask for 192.168.1.38 in particular? I have not configured this address anywhere On the screen of the client I see the following information: BTX Loader ... [...] PXE Version 2.1 [...] FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader [...] pxe_open: server addr: 192.168.2.38 -> the address of the DHCP server - thatīs OK pxe_open: server root: /pxeroot -> this one ist not OK - I have configured the kernel to be in /usr/local/export/pxe (nfs export) and not in /pxeroot pxe_open: gateway ip : 192.168.1.38 -> why this address? I have not configured this address or the subnet anywhere?! Does anyone have idea what might be going wrong? Cheers, Emre -- http://www.emre.de UIN: 561260 PGP Key ID: 0xAFAC77FD I don't see why some people even HAVE cars. -- Calvin