Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:23:14 -0800 From: Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PXE server to boot linux system Message-ID: <54CBAFF2.9000808@baywinds.org> In-Reply-To: <20150130154648.2ad757ff@Marc-Thinkpad> References: <20150130154648.2ad757ff@Marc-Thinkpad>
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On 01/30/2015 06:46 AM, Märk Owen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a FreeBSD system as a TFTP server which would allow > me to boot a Ubuntu root partition on the network. All the > documentation I've found either concerns FreeBSD as both client and > server or a FreeBSD server booting installation ISOs. > > I don't want to boot ISO images, I want to boot a real linux system on > the network. Is that possible? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I'm relatively certain dhcp and tftp aren't different freebsd to linux, so what you need to do is configure dhpc/tftp and properly place the pxelinux.0 file on the tftp server, then place either a specif pxelinux config file per the instructions in the link below https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto
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