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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:49:54 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: EFI, UEFI, PXE: FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso boot from SAN device failed, error 0x7f22208e
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Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Rick Miller wrote:
> > >
> > > I've never thought I will have to build a kernel with an MFS image
> > > within (outside of NanoBSD). How are you going to boot this kernel fr=
om
> > > iPXE? Put it on an ISO image and sanboot the ISO?
> > >
> >=20
> > Yes. That is precisely how it is accomplished.
>=20
> I see.
>=20
> >=20
> > Is it not possible to fetch a GENERIC kernel by loader.efi, then fetch
> > > an MFSROOT image as a separate file? This is the way I did the job
> > > during the pxelinux (old BIOS based netboot) times.
> > >
> >=20
> > It seems you refer to loading a kernel and separate ramdisk or initrd. =
I've
> > heard it rumored there could be preliminary experimental code to accomp=
lish
> > this, but don't have any evidence.
>=20
> It works very well in the old pxeboot environment:
>=20
> 1. Place kernel as /tftpboot/boot/kernel/kernel.gz
> 2. Place mfsroot as /tftpboot/mfsroot.gz
> 3. Configure pxelinux.0 to chainload /pxeboot from TFTP.
> 4. pxeboot loads the kernel and mfsroot.
>=20
> To accomplish (4), I have the following lines in /tftpboot/boot/loader.co=
nf:
>=20
> mfs_load=3D"YES"
> mfs_type=3D"mfs_root"
> mfs_name=3D"/mfsroot"
> ahci_load=3D"YES"
> vfs.root.mountfrom=3D"ufs:/dev/md0"
>=20
>=20
> All this however has become obsolete with the introduction of UEFI.

I've tried it with mfsBSD. This approach works with pxelinux/BIOS, but
does not with PXE/UEFI, see my last comments in
https://github.com/mmatuska/mfsbsd/issues/110


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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/

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