Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:06:40 -0700 From: Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com> To: Chuck TheMascot <freebsdfan@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel panic w/ Picobsd 4.4 & tftp boot Message-ID: <3BAD0B70.88C94D50@soekris.com> References: <F85NhHmdGOApCc1aF6T00005688@hotmail.com>
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Hi Chuck, Chuck TheMascot wrote: > > >Just my observations about PXE booting and FreeBSD: > > > >I first tried pxeboot using tftp, but also never got it to work with > >FreeBSD's tftp server. I then tried several win based tftp servers, and > >a couple of them worked just fine.... I eventually switched pxeboot to > >nfs, as the win tftp server that worked best cost $$$, and the demo was > >time limited. > > > >So it seems like that FreeBSD's tftp server and pxeboot works > >seperately, but don't like each other.... > > Interesting. It might be the retry timing, if the retry doesn't happen to > arrive at the wrong time things might just work. We you also getting a > kernel panic with the FreeBSD TFTP server ? I didn't get any panics on the server, the pxeboot just hang. But I was also using FreeBSD 4.1.... > I also have a Windoze based tftp server that I wrote, but I haven't tried it > yet. I'll give it a try and see what happens. > I would be interested in that windoze tftp server, especially if you could do an simple dhcp server too, and that you want to give it away :-) I'm looking for a way for people to be able to install software on my net4501 box using the PXE boot without having access to a unix box. Regards, Soren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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