Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:02:00 +0800 From: "Rong-en Fan" <grafan@gmail.com> To: "Andrew N. Below" <defan@zenon.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using md-mounted ISO as NFS root for PXE booting and installing Message-ID: <6eb82e0701110902o23ea1fd0i32057a60d3d0439e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0de801c735a1$aa490f30$970da8c0@jam.zenon.net> References: <0de801c735a1$aa490f30$970da8c0@jam.zenon.net>
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On 1/12/07, Andrew N. Below <defan@zenon.net> wrote: > Hello. > > I have 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD box I want to use as network > boot and install server for PXE clients. > > At this moment I'm experimenting with 4.11-RELEASE-i386-disc1-gnome.iso > and 6.2-RC2-i386-disc1.iso images. > [...] > All is fine if we are booting into 4.11 (root mounted from MFS, > sysintall runs and we able to install OS to local disks via NFS). > > But in case of 6.2-RC2 root mounted from NFS, not MFS: Does add vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0c" in boot/loader.conf from CD help? Of course, you have to copy the boot/ directory out of cd. Regards, Rong-En Fan
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