From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 1 23:05:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A55C2B4; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 23:05:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (secure.freebsdsolutions.net [69.55.234.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D4FE2282; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 23:05:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.1.32] (office.betterlinux.com [199.58.199.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r91N5pIS031125 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:05:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: iSCSI boot ... root? From: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 17:06:02 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Zaphod Beeblebrox , =?iso-8859-2?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=B3a?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ns1.jnielsen.net 1156; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: FreeBSD Current 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, 01 Oct 2013 23:05:55 -0000 On Sep 16, 2013, at 4:35 AM, Edward Tomasz Napiera=B3a = wrote: > Wiadomo=B6=E6 napisana przez Zaphod Beeblebrox w = dniu 16 wrz 2013, o godz. 07:35: >> Is it now possible to boot from iSCSI? I'm not talking about an = iSCSI >> controller, but with >>=20 >> pxe -> dhcp -> tftp (loads loader) -> (something) -> boot (mounts = root from >> iSCSI) >=20 > Not yet. The iSCSI initiator requires iscsid(8) in order to work, and = you can't > run it before mounting root. >=20 > I think the proper way to do this would be by doing something similar = to Linux' > initrd; i.e. booting from mdroot loaded by loader(8), run iscsid(8) = from there, > setup iSCSI session, then mount the real root and pivot to it. I'm = not sure if it's > possible right now. I'm not sure to what extent trasz's work overlaps with this, but I was = able to boot a FreeBSD 9.1 image via iSCSI using aoyama's isboot module. = I used gPXE and UNDI since my BIOS and NIC don't have any iSCSI support, = just vanilla PXE. I haven't heard anything about isboot lately but the = links below are still active. Let me know if you'd like additional = details. JN On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Daisuke Aoyama wrote: > Subject: Updated isboot 0.2.6 and FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 > Cc: , >=20 > I have updated isboot and created 9.1-RC based image. > Please try it: >=20 > http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.6.tar.gz > = http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/demo/FreeBSD-9.1-RC1-amd64-memstick= -isboot-0.2.6.img