From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 20:03:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E2FC106564A for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:03:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin@your.org) Received: from tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org [204.9.54.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D2368FC12 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:03:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin@your.org) Received: from tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (localhost.your.org [127.0.0.1]) by tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5312AD55AA; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:03:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=your.org; h=cc:message-id :from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version:subject:date:references; s=selector1; bh=1dMDSCsdD GrrM7ONUwCKi7ZsOtU=; b=TYGAi3uivIBIwze+Plq4b+ReUhvFp2OWTS5VpAwms 75tNPSN9AKLZqkpJL7m5Fnt369p6gPlSHjC6nBzUR5UEpWsvFY4DwFzU9JI9Aedd fatjD77CBlb45jjnpyjoMTZPHQ/pPrnDJfSUn7QoDFhHgktuLdWrkL16uYWUBOGr bI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=your.org; h=cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references; q=dns; s=selector1; b=gQbXj/zMiMdgDiQr NM3eBllQxd/Pz7Nn9/wJ/81fTNOKKUo1ndWeYyL2ouE6kpzlgceEXTEJi1p07mX5 mbPpk2K63viy7Dq6u9swZvWhk1MeLkFqNXdqr7Ch95kmMNjUEPOQfKGV65Dm00F1 4x0LhgNPHP7fXfZ6e3B0EUtdK0Q= Received: from mail.your.org (server3-a.your.org [64.202.112.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B6A42AD555F; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2002:451f:630b:1::1] (unknown [IPv6:2002:451f:630b:1::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B753AA0A414; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:04:07 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: From: Kevin Day To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86wsepymw0.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:03:49 -0600 References: <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CE6B@polaris.maxiscale.com> <20081126153510.6062cd55@bhuda.mired.org> <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CE99@polaris.maxiscale.com> <20081126190545.17b79195@bhuda.mired.org> <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CEB4@polaris.maxiscale.com> <861vwx4fd5.fsf@ds4.des.no> <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CEBF@polaris.maxiscale.com> <86myfl15cl.fsf@ds4.des.no> <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CEC4@polaris.maxiscale.com> <86wsepymw0.fsf@ds4.des.no> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer , Peter Steele Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot menu is missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:03:55 -0000 On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > I wouldn't use a sysinstall script. > > Set up a file system (say /nfsroot) on an NFS server in your lab. Just in case anyone needs a real step-by-step guide to getting a =20 diskless PXE/NFS boot going, I wrote this up a little while ago. http://sigsegv.org/wiki/How_to_do_a_PXE_netboot_install_of_FreeBSD The existing documentation was either a bit out of date, glossed over =20= some of it or just flat out didn't work for me. Takes an existing =20 running system, clones it into /nfsroot, enables dhcpd/tftpd/nfsd, and =20= relies on rc.diskless to make the magic happen after boot.