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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:02:00 +0800
From: "Rong-en Fan" <grafan@gmail.com>
To: "Andrew N. Below" <defan@zenon.net>
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Subject: Re: using md-mounted ISO as NFS root for PXE booting and installing
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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