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Date:      Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:42:29 -0500
From:      Alan Edmonds <aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com>
To:        Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>
Cc:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, ps@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pxeboot problems with 4.0-stable (continued)
Message-ID:  <3964A8E5.D7F4B8E4@digitalconvergence.com>
References:  <20000705170516.L4034@jade.chc-chimes.com> <3963A776.8AB99AC7@digitalconvergence.com> <3963B7D7.1DC5F5C5@FreeBSD.org> <3963D07D.4D13B9B9@digitalconvergence.com> <20000705172602.A26402@elvis.mu.org> <3963D601.46A51C0A@digitalconvergence.com> <20000705204441.T4034@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000705180621.B26935@elvis.mu.org>

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I did find one other problem in the pxe stuff.
I'm using ISC's dhcpd to manage the network.
The pxe client is having trouble with the 
option root-path "/client/root" statement.
DHCPD sends it to the pxe client fine (tcpdump),
but pxeboot prints 

root path *  (actually a diamond - control D char)

On the nfs server, I see a failed attempt to mount
"/*"  (where * is a diamond - control D).

So, there appears to be some kind of problem passing
parameters between the various boot stages.  If you 
don't specify a root-path in the dhcpd.conf, everything's
fine.  

It's not a show stopper, but it should be investigated/fixed.

What can I do to help find the problem?

Thanks,
-- 
Alan Edmonds      Director of International Technology
DigitalConvergence.:Com
aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com
Phone: +1-214-292-6040


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