Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 08:53:02 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vm+ipxe+pxeboot fail Message-ID: <D4BD661C-568B-4F54-91B0-D57AD8B905C3@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <CAMMGsZLxHfdM3_g=mKFwtBoMOOFWXnJ2Y86-4OmNFN9OXgAJBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMMGsZKLkXPJAyuoiNoRo3DQEOgzMps-D7-iTThz8ARPyjZXTg@mail.gmail.com> <FCF01B13-EAB3-4DF8-A9BE-B4A1A0703EE5@longcount.org> <CAMMGsZKssXSjKd5Fo34rLMs5OwVO8JDkMyROv2UFmDkyy1qwAA@mail.gmail.com> <61757A61-FE08-4D2E-9381-522ADCE1F17A@longcount.org> <CAMMGsZLxHfdM3_g=mKFwtBoMOOFWXnJ2Y86-4OmNFN9OXgAJBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On May 7, 2014, at 3:57 AM, amine tay <amine.tay91@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Mark for your reply,=20
> I have already tried to comment out the option "one-lease-per-client" and a=
lso simplified the if statement but no changes. I guess the probleme as Doug=
said the iPXE is sending a client ID and the pxeboot isn't. So then ISC DH=
CP server doesn't like
> that and gives a different IP. So i guess the solution is to patch bootp.c=
for the pxeboot. (I will let you know if it works )
> And you're right I'm trying to pxeboot FreeBSD and use puppet to customize=
the machine.
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Help me better understand why one would want to do this, over pxe booting to=
a nfs rooted FreeBSD environment and running puppet ? I guess I just don't=
see the big picture here .
> Thanks.
> Amine.
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> 2014-05-06 15:08 GMT+02:00 Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>:
>> Sorry for the delay in my reply .
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>>> On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:42 AM, amine tay <amine.tay91@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Mark thanks for your reply,
>>> I have my root-path in dhcpd.conf and etc/exports.
>>> my dhcpd.conf :=20
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>>> authoritative;
>>> subnet 10.28.236.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
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>>> one-lease-per-client on;=20
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>> Comment out the one lease-per-client option .
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>>> range 10.28.236.10 10.28.236.250;
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>>> default-lease-time 1200;
>>> max-lease-time 43200;
>>> dynamic-bootp-lease-length 1200;
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>>> option ntp-servers 10.28.236.1;
>>> option broadcast-address 10.28.236.255;
>>> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>>> option domain-name "xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
>>> option domain-search "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
>>> option domain-name-servers 10.28.236.1;
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>>> allow duplicates;
>>> allow unknown-clients;
>>> allow booting;
>>> allow bootp;
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>> Can you simplify this block to just serve the razor.ipxe image to any req=
uest ? So remove the fixed address and the if statement .=20
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>>> host freebsd {hardware ethernet 00:50:56:99:0b:c4; fixed-address 10.28.2=
36.14; option root-path "/opt/razor/image/image/os/7I2RjjQvo7IkbqO4rLv6kJ";}=
>>> if exists user-class and option user-class =3D "iPXE" {
>>> filename "razor.ipxe"; # we are in an iPXE kernel and load static scri=
pt
>>> } else {
>>> filename "undionly.kpxe"; # we are in burned in PXE and load iPXE kern=
el
>>> }
>>> next-server 10.28.236.1;
>>> }
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>>> And the Freebsd pxeboot loader is launched by razor.
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>> I suspect the issue is the allow duplicate and one lease per client optio=
ns clashing with pxeloader . Is your goal here to pxe boot FreeBSD then us=
e puppet to do a custom layout of the install ?=20
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>>> 2014-04-30 15:22 GMT+02:00 Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>:
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>>>> > On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:10 AM, amine tay <amine.tay91@gmail.com> wrote:=
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>> >
>>>> > Lately I had some problems, trying to get FreeBSD to PXE boot. (Actua=
lly
>>>> > I'm using a VMware virtual machine.) First I'm using iPXE 1.0.0 and t=
hen
>>>> > load and launch the FreeBSD pxeboot
>>>> > <http://man.freebsd.org/pxeboot>loader. But I'm getting this :
>>>> > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=3D4&t=3D45901
>>>> > When using isc-dhcp as DHCP server I'm getting the error but when usi=
ng
>>>> > dnsmasq everything works fine.
>>>> >
>>>> > The problem seems that the client when booting is sending 2 DHCP requ=
ests
>>>> > and therefore gets two different IP addresses, the first one sent by t=
he
>>>> > ROM and the second one by the FreeBSD
>>>> > pxeboot<http://man.freebsd.org/pxeboot>loader.
>>>> >
>>>> > I found somewhere in some posts that the pxe.c file is doing a second=
>>>> > bootprequest because it fails to get cached DHCP data from the ROM.
>>>> >
>>>> > Any help or more ideas would be appreciated.
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>>>> It looked like you either do not have options rootpath set in dhcpd.con=
f , etc/exports is mis configured , the nfs server is disabled or if you hav=
e loader built with tftp support you do not have a tftp server setup / runni=
ng .
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>>>> Can you sent the dhcpd.conf the exports file off the server ?
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>>>> Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org
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>> Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org=20
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