Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:41:17 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> To: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Message-ID: <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1>
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On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:53:23PM +1100, Rob B wrote:
> I'm trying to get my little Multia to netboot and run -CURRENT
> diskless. I've made a new kernel config and built it on the server by
> running
>
> >make buildkernel KERNCONF=MULTIA
>
> No problems there ... but where is the magic netbootable kernel?
To boot from network you need to setup some services.
A NFS server to hold the / filesystem.
A bootp which sents several parameters such as bootfiles, IP, ...
A TFTP server to hold netboot.
This is an example of what you need to configure the isc dhcpd server:
shared-network keller {
option domain-name "cicely.de";
option domain-name-servers 10.1.1.22, 10.1.1.8;
allow bootp;
default-lease-time 14400;
max-lease-time 86400;
server-name "cicely6.cicely.de";
get-lease-hostnames true;
authoritative;
option ntp-servers 10.1.6.9;
subnet 10.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 10.1.1.128 10.1.1.254;
option domain-name-servers 10.1.1.22, 10.1.1.8;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 10.1.1.255;
option routers 10.1.1.8;
}
group {
host cicely10 {
hardware ethernet 00:00:92:94:0f:91;
fixed-address 10.1.1.12;
filename "netboot";
next-server 10.1.1.11;
option root-path "10.1.1.11:/var/d7/testroot/";
}
}
}
option root-path defines the nfsserver with the / filesystem.
The etc/fstab in this filessystem should point to nfs.
filename and next-server point to the TFTP server holding the
netboot image (from /boot/netboot).
The kernel is on the NFS server just as it would be on a normal UFS
base / filesystem.
--
B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de
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