Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:28:40 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 199197] FreeBSD should be able to PXE boot directly from ISO file Message-ID: <bug-199197-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199197 Bug ID: 199197 Summary: FreeBSD should be able to PXE boot directly from ISO file Product: Base System Version: 9.1-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: will@FreeBSD.org Since 9.0+, FreeBSD has not been able to PXE boot directly from an ISO file. The kernel will start (having been set up by the loader), but multiuser will fail because the ISO image was only accessible in protected memory, before the kernel booted. It should be copied as a linker file for the kernel to reference, and then geom should be modified to try to attach to linker files (at least this particular one), enabling iso9660 tasting to work and therefore mountroot. I have done some work along these lines, but was not able to finish before switching to other work. If anyone wants to try to fix it this way (there may be other ways I'm not aware of), let me know and I will dig the patch out from the sands of time. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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