Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:54:30 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Jamie Novak <novak@qwest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multi-version jumpstart Message-ID: <4213C116.2040304@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <20050216204208.GA32282@mail.oss.uswest.net> References: <20050216204208.GA32282@mail.oss.uswest.net>
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Jamie Novak wrote: > I'm able to get the jumpstart server to export the 5.3-RELEASE partition > and pass the GENERIC kernel and install.cfg over to the network-booting > machine, but when it comes time to actually NFS mount the install > partition on the target server to run the install, it returns an NFS > error: > > mount_nfs -P 10.x.x.x:/releases/5.3-RELEASE/ /dist > mount_nfs: Can't update /var/db/mounttab for 10.x.x.x:/releases/5.3-RELEASE > mount_nfs: /dist: operation not supported by device > > I'm assuming the problem is related to the fact that the jumpstart > server is running 4.x-RELEASE, while the OS I'm trying to install on the > target server (and the kernel that's attempting to NFS mount the > partition) is from the 5.x line and they're fighting over mounttab > magic. No I don't think so. This error has been mentioned also in a previous thread yesterday regarding diskless clients. > Does anybody know if this kind of thing is possible? If so, what did you > do to enable such a configuration to work? (Would it be possible to > install both 4.x and 5.x on network-booting clients if the jumpstart > server was 5.x instead of 4.x as it is now?) I haven't tried with multi-version jumpstart, but I have used memory disk fetched with tftp and installed with ftp. Avoids the NFS mess. I wrote this into a howto: http://www.daemonsecurity.com/pxe/ Any feedback is appreciated. (When I haven't submitted this yet, it's because I want to cover diskless also and I still haven't found good solutions for nfs mount of /var and there is a problem with using dhclient.) Hope this helps. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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