Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:23:40 -0500 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Using PC-Sysinstall for automated network installs of FreeBSD Message-ID: <FFE025D1-2BB3-4419-A03A-972733B51C29@longcount.org> References: <5A809BE8-B436-4C9C-8902-FA138EF709AF@longcount.org>
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> On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Mark Saad wrote:
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>>> Useful paths on /export, /export/install/freebsd/9.1/{i386,amd64}
>>> this is the contents of the install media rsync'd to a local filesystem
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>> Do you have a way to choose either i386 or amd64 installs?
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> For my setup no , I just manually change the symlinks .
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>>> 5 I changed my rc.conf to start a simple shell script and not the
>>> bsdinstall bits
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>> Maybe you mean "/etc/rc.local" there?
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> Yes that was a typo rc.local
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>>> export TERM=vt220
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>>> echo "o PC-SYSINSTALL "
>>> exec /conf/picker.sh
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>> Trying to start this from SYSLINUX almost works. My menu config just does
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>> menu label FreeBSD 9 Install
>> pxe {serverip}:/usr/tftpboot/images/fbsd9ins/boot/pxeboot
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>> The kernel boots, it gets to
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>> Trying to mount root from nfs: []...
>> NFS ROOT: {serverip}:/usr/tftpboot/images/fbsd9ins
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>> and then it stops and just sits. NFS mount of that directory works on another system. Anything obvious I should check? I know pxeboot needs to be recompiled for some things, but can't recall the details.
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> Well I would check to see if your have a default loader build , if your loader was rebuilt with HAS_TFTPSUPPORT or something like that , it will not work .
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> What's in your exports file ? Also what's in your dhcpd config ?
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> Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org
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