From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 18:40:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279A21065672 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 18:40:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) Received: from mail2.timeinc.net (mail2.timeinc.net [64.236.74.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD32C8FC13 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 18:40:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.timeinc.net (mail.timeinc.net [64.12.55.166]) by mail2.timeinc.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o67IeovK015465 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:40:50 -0400 Received: from ws-mteterin.dev.pathfinder.com (ws-mteterin.dev.pathfinder.com [209.251.223.173]) by mail.timeinc.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id o67Ien0D032541; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:40:50 -0400 Message-ID: <4C34CA31.7010804@aldan.algebra.com> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:40:49 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." Organization: Virtual Estates, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; uk; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randi Harper References: <4C34C5DE.7040007@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:26:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: net-booting the install disks (Re: 8.x grudges) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:40:51 -0000 07.07.2010 14:30, Randi Harper ΞΑΠΙΣΑΧ(ΜΑ): >> 8. >> > I tried to do an install on one of the systems via netbooting >> > (pxeload) the disk1-image. It booted, but the sysinstall had to be >> > started manually and, once started, did not act the same as when >> > booted off of CD-ROM. Seems like a simple bit to correct so that >> > setting "init" to/usr/sbin/sysinstall/manually on every boot/ is >> > not necessary... >> > This shouldn't be the case. IIRC, nothing has changed that would cause > this. More info on your environment please? > Well, I never tried /this/ part before, so I'm not claiming, there is /re/gression here. Just lack of /pro/gress :-) I have the following special entry in the dhcpd.conf: subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.150 192.168.1.186; next-server 192.168.1.140; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; option routers 192.168.1.1; option root-path "192.168.1.140:/cdrom"; filename "pxeboot"; } The filesystem accessible as /cdrom was an md-accessed FreeBSD-8.1-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (or bootonly). Can't easily recreate this, because the netbooting machine has now gone back to its owner. The problem did not surprise me, because I followed (loosely) the instructions , where it was mentioned -- along with a work-around. If some simple logic can be put into the boot-image to allow it to do the right thing without manual fiddling, it would be great. Thanks! -mi