Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 13:20:59 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: lasse lindgren <lasse.lindgren@home.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing freeBSD by pxe from a linux box. Message-ID: <20030516112059.GB59271@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <000001c31b3a$68677690$ce3043d5@boromir> References: <000001c31b3a$68677690$ce3043d5@boromir>
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On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 01:33:36AM +0200, lasse lindgren typed: > > Hello > > Im new to this list and new to freebsd, actually i havent installed it > yet. The thing is i have to use PXE to install it, and there is NO > floppy,NO cdrom or VGA on this computer. > > It's a motorola 5360. > > Its capable of pxebooting, (im from the linux world) hda is a 16M cf Hdb > is a standard harddrive. User interface is a serialport, running > @38400,8n1. NIC is a eepro100 > > The computer is currently installed with linux, but since i have many > computers like this one, i thought about migrating into freebsd. > > i saw this page http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml > it gave me some hints, but since i dont have freebsd on the install > server i have problem. install server i also a cpn5360 and has debian > running as OS. > So when i came to the part when i need a kernel... im stuck. > The loader seem's to be up and runnig, because it tells med it needs a > kernel. Everything you need is on cdrom disk1: /kernel /boot/mfsroot.gz /boot/pxeboot Putting them in your tftproot directory should get you going. > > > Please help :) > > Lars > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > "I'm on the path, he thought. I don't have to know where it leads. I > just have to follow." > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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