From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 09:13:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD37AAA6 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) Received: from mx12.netapp.com (mx12.netapp.com [216.240.18.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A435034E for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:58 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,559,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="13446895" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx12-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 29 Jan 2013 01:13:57 -0800 Received: from vmwexceht05-prd.hq.netapp.com (vmwexceht05-prd.hq.netapp.com [10.106.77.35]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id r0T9Dv2x002065; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:13:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com ([169.254.2.51]) by vmwexceht05-prd.hq.netapp.com ([10.106.77.35]) with mapi id 14.02.0328.009; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:13:57 -0800 From: "Eggert, Lars" To: Craig Rodrigues Subject: Re: mounting root from NFS via ROOTDEVNAME Thread-Topic: mounting root from NFS via ROOTDEVNAME Thread-Index: AQHN/WoQ3bLz4fhIpUOOqbDPPwYM3Jhggg0AgAALKoA= Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.106.53.51] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:58 -0000 Hi, On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:34, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > I recommend that you do not use ROOTDEVNAME, and instead > you should follow the instructions which I wrote and contributed to the > FreeBSD handbook: >=20 > "PXE Booting with an NFS Root File System" >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-pxe-nfs= .html >=20 > The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick > Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too). I had read both before, and they're very useful documents. Unfortunately, t= hey don't fully apply to my case, since I'm not PXE-booting the system; it = netboots the kernel from a custom loader. So once the kernel bootstraps, I = need it to obtain an IP address and then NFS-mount root. >=20 > BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel > free to say hello, > because I work around the corner from there. :) > -- > Craig Rodrigues > rodrigc@crodrigues.org