Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:10:29 +0100 From: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> To: vincenzo romero <new2xen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD diskless workstation boot over Linux PXE server Message-ID: <47CD2015.4000003@cederstrand.dk> In-Reply-To: <13d67a800803031641k6530130eo99950591e9643483@mail.gmail.com> References: <13d67a800803031641k6530130eo99950591e9643483@mail.gmail.com>
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vincenzo romero wrote: > Thank you for the input from a couple of folks. After a few research > and readings I am able to boot off a diskless client; and have a > little error encountered. To clarify the environment: > > 1. PXE/DHCP/NFS/TFTP servers is a linux host > 2. DHCP - server - dhcpd.conf file shows the following: (for my > freeBSD diskless client testing scenario) > > filename "pxeboot"; > next-server 192.168.16.5; > option root-path "192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD"; > > -- pxeboot is the freeBSD /boot/pxeboot file I copied over to my > /tftpboot directory. > -- next server IP is the PXE/TFTPD/DHCP server ... > -- the NFS root is exported by the NFS server as such. > > .... The client seems to boot properly - acquires an IP address; > downloads and reads the /tftpboot/pxeboot file; .... a message also > appears that indicates it mounted the root File system: (snippet of > console messages:) > > NFS ROOT: 192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD > nfe0: link state change to UP > Interface nfe0 IP_Address 192.168.16.5 ... . . . . .. > Loading Configuration files. > rc.conf: not found > No Suitable dump device was found . > | > etc. > etc. Did you modify rc.conf, fstab and resolv.conf as described in http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/diskless.html? And what's hiding behind "etc. etc."? Erik
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