From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 11:35:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77ABB106564A for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm30-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm30-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48EEC8FC21 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.65] by nm30.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Mar 2012 11:23:13 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.41] by tm5.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Mar 2012 11:23:13 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1041.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Mar 2012 11:23:13 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 119491.47046.bm@omp1041.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 35587 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Mar 2012 11:23:12 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1331032992; bh=Aott1Ri2rIBZ5Ss65d7FtJJGLz8kYqC7KlvntB8EQ3U=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=wdG4mv1i8LIQR/OfzuJPS18nZz8izON24IWW632UkjCpreJPH8rzSfkpwYESXgH1vjb57xqq3BXnOQkPomMAJE3GS/4FUsY9iGKjn19hIRUAsOrXA5XvgnrwxEe7/V/lYdjq6y4szjYOeKSp32f7GCwY+SXva7ksT3rvX44opOM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dNMNlpyTxjgNGXcbb8dasU5AvaT53pUtsoKj5xcecM3OC1KsfmgUsGU/QiM375fEddJgTms0GtFgfPcHPMpuFVGgegqDM5t17Fd5mCFTeWEc2brq5v40t9SQuDCl8O90dSXbZ5zXmtCXk6B2Hoi7pF7LiWJG4EM4j9OCkVHwLMk=; X-YMail-OSG: V4eV2aAVM1k3eD.iqIaCnEdPXLsjJnqHfOp4bQ6oYrL3Pfv sb7vGvh7U21tl.kkBZuRkpmmPJjFV0jhrEUuVinu9pWLp2_FG5uWh6VtNZX3 06GC_DlH5RlcR.vUXdx2pv3BMIIZoyc8l2vEuikxwSMQTQNrPr1DR82HIlhW 1Q0t9kUYmqbvFGLf7LhaHCK1d8_..ZtrtMHZRD5rH9GW427ONdhQNjFRmVXp Y3Gu5qHQrxeYofp.M5U1KVUSMQRWyAiJ22gnQ.DORadQNiavDIoMNYOXVGbT d_vbqFuqMar4WAMzcnNFYWUKU41Gh5s9R8HBsPQs86bldkA2eZCqbGxY1zCy kWkoaZ7.R7whokXVo0XqDs6Z9U81Wr0YmQFmic6._zHOxos4Sg_phASn_0a6 7XSQCn.WaF59unDLBcwQfuokVGLVMcOtGymGiZdCjaW0Hnz7Lk1fbF6ptxmD uo2ETUjZE88ZbLkaXaeKm3lhtD.uAE9ry0kpir3QuM8qt0nIZtQ20qBlvDzj BbZ_1MMT6B_HdMA-- Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:23:12 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.116.338427 References: <4F53D104.6060104@locolomo.org> Message-ID: <1331032992.31618.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:23:12 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Running OS tftp vs. pxeboot tftp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:35:35 -0000 =0A=0A=0AFrom: Rick Miller =0ATo: Erik N=F8rgaard= ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =0ASent: Sunday, Ma= rch 4, 2012 3:51 PM=0ASubject: Re: Running OS tftp vs. pxeboot tftp=0A=0AHi= Erik,=0A=0AThanks for getting back to me.=A0 The original problem is the s= ame=0Aissue...we are still working it, but we've isolated the configuration= =0Awhere the issue manifests itself.=A0 It has to do with the FreeBSD=0Apxe= boot and Brocade switches.=A0 We will continue troubleshooting in our=0Alab= .=A0 When we've identified a fix/workaround I will be sure to follow=0Aup h= ere.=0A=0AOn 3/4/12, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote:=0A> On = 01/03/2012 16:16, Rick Miller wrote:=0A>> Hi All,=0A>>=0A>> Are there signi= ficant differences in the implementation between the=0A>> tftp client in Fr= eeBSD 8.2-RELEASE and the client implementation in=0A>> pxeboot.bs?=0A>=0A>= I have no reason to believe there should be any difference. If you=0A> bel= ieve there is a problem with the supplied pxeboot, you can compile=0A> your= own.=0A>=0A> You previusly wrote about VLAN tagging for your pxeboot nodes= , but never=0A> wrote back if you solved the problem. What's your setup?=0A= >=0A>> I ask because I have encountered a scenario where pxeboot.bs is=0A>>= tftp'ing boot files from a PXE server and fails in random spots while=0A>>= attempting to download boot files to start a 8.2-RELEASE install.=0A>> Whe= n we run the same sequence of tftp gets in a running 8.2-RELEASE=0A>> insta= nce continuously, we never received a single failure in a solid=0A>> hour o= f attempts.=0A>=0A> You should have some log or other traces to debug on th= e problem, can't=0A> help much without.=0A>=0A> BR, Erik=0A>=0A> --=0A> M: = +34 666 334 818=0A> T: +34 915 211 157=0A> ________________________________= _______________=0A> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A> http://l= ists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, sen= d any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A>=0A=0A-- =0ASe= nt from my mobile device=0A=0ATake care=0ARick Miller=0A___________________= ____________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list= =0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubsc= ribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A= I can't speak to all the technical nuiances you reference here but I have a= diskless=0Abooting system which runs 8.2-STABLE and it's been running flaw= less for several=0Amonths. I last did make buildworld on the server's os an= d the diskless's boot=0Apartition in December...all is well for me.