Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:07:32 +0100 From: amine tay <amine.tay91@gmail.com> To: "Chad J. Milios" <milios@ccsys.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.X network installation using PXE+TFTP (not NFS) ! Message-ID: <CAMMGsZLrN5u9fLp6PaBbQM14EcmDM_fEoTFavi6EL6cV_hewBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5319AEA2.2030402@ccsys.com> References: <CAMMGsZ%2BBOpLowveVLOoGZqTNva1o%2BiHXwu28dW1X-Uf%2BnG476w@mail.gmail.com> <5319AEA2.2030402@ccsys.com>
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Hi , Thank you for your replies. Actually I can't use NFS, because in my automated os deployment solution, only TFTP is used to deploy (Redhat, CentOS...) and I am trying to implement freebsd to that automated deployment. 2014-03-07 12:33 GMT+01:00 Chad J. Milios <milios@ccsys.com>: > On 3/7/2014 5:36 AM, amine tay wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> I'm trying to perform a FreeBSD 9.X network installation using PXE+TFTP >> (not NFS) ! >> The problem using NFS is the need to specify the root-path in the dhcp >> conf, therefore we can't deploy multiple releases or different images of >> freebsd. >> >> So to enable the tftp instead of NFS we have to edit make.conf with these >> lines >> LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT=YES >> LOADER_NFS_SUPPORT=NO >> and rebuild the pxeboot file >> >> 1st question is : Is this modification going to allow the install of >> differents freebsd images? >> >> Note that I'm using an automated os deployement solution , and I am using >> mac-adresses to deploy freebsd depending on policies, so for exemple two >> clients with different mac-adresses will have two diffrents freebsd >> images. >> >> Thanks in advance for your help ! >> >> Can't one already control this similarly to what you describe by using > NFS and the DHCP server (dhcpd.conf for example)? Is there a constraint > that you have limited control of the DHCP server? Based on my understanding > of your question, I have done what you are trying to do using vanilla > pxeboot and ports/net/isc-dhcp42-server. >
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