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From: Michael Moll <kvedulv@kvedulv.de>
To: Joel Heikkila <jjheik@gmail.com>
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Hi Joel,

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 01:29:32AM -0500, Joel Heikkila wrote:
> I've tried every configuration imaginable to me but I've been unable
> to get the "standard" netboot approach (tftp the loader, then load
> kernel via NFS) to get past the NFS stage with FreeBSD.

Installation via TFTP/NFS works for me. I took the files from the
ISO-Image, uncompressed /boot/mfsroot.gz and added
'vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0"' to /boot/loader.conf. IIRC the last
step was/is not really documented.

What type of machine do you have and which error messages are you
getting when netbooting?

Regards
-- 
Michael Moll