Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:17:08 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Norbert Koch <NKoch@demig.de> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> Subject: Re: PXE Boot FreeBSD with Etherboot Message-ID: <42FE1D04.8090207@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <000401c59f18$0a938a40$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> References: <000401c59f18$0a938a40$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG>
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Norbert Koch wrote: >>>>It seems there are some problems with using pxeboot in >> >>combination with >> >>>>the network boot code from the etherboot project. I have tried many >>>>combinations of options with no success. The result is very Last time I looked, etherboot didn't support PXE. In any case, it cannot support PXE unless it's running from ROM. Remember that PXE is a ROM BIOS specification; pxe loader programs (such as pxeboot) make PXE calls to the ROM BIOS for network operations. You can probably boot a FreeBSD kernel through etherboot, but you want to load the kernel directly; don't use pxeboot. Tim
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