From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 2 01:28:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D44D016A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:28:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from belegost.housden.org (belegost.housden.org [81.5.151.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED8043D45 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:28:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from housdjp@belegost.housden.org) Received: by belegost.housden.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AE9023C3; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:25:27 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:25:27 +0100 From: John Housden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040602082527.GA22141@belegost.housden.org> References: <20040528152103.GA5311@belegost.housden.org> <20040529154802.GA28582@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040529154802.GA28582@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Jumpstart Guide / PXE network installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:28:33 -0000 On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 08:48:02AM -0700, Saint Aardvark the Carpeted wrote: > John Housden disturbed my sleep to write: > > 1. I have compiled and installed a custom kernel on my PXE server > >   which works fine. I have placed my new kernel in /usr/tftpboot and > >   in the NFS root. The PXE client loads the correct kernel to start the > >   install, but after rebooting the client boots the GENERIC > >   kernel. Where is sysinstall getting this kernel from? > > Is it possible that this is the GENERIC kernel installed by the > usual installation process (in other words, the same kernel you'd > expect to see after a CD-based install)? Yes, this is the case. What I am trying to understand is how to configure sysinstall to install my custom kernel rather than the GENERIC kernel. I have searched my NFS mountpoint looking the kernel, but can only find my custom kernel. > > 2. I have a 'shutdown' command at the end of my install.cfg script, > >   but on both a Dell Precision 610 and an IBM PC330, this does not > >   work: instead the system reboots and restarts the installation > >   unless I intercept the reboot! What am I missing? > > If you're installing to, and then booting from, a hard drive, I'd check the > BIOS boot order. > My boot order is floppy disk first then hard disk. (The Dell Precision 610 doesn't support native PXE booting, so I am using a 3Com Managed Boot Agent diskette to start my PXE installs). I have checked the power settings and 'AC Power Recovery' is OFF. This should mean that when power is restored, the PC stays OFF. > > 3. I get a prompt 'loading module ida.ko failed'. This is for Compaq > >   Smart RAID, but I did not configure this option in my custom > >   kernel. Presumably, I have not configured the list of kernel > >   modules correctly? > > No idea, I'm afraid. Guess I need to research how kernel modules are linked with the kernel. > > > > Any pointers gratefully received - this has been driving me nuts for too > > long now! > > This is my first post to the list. > > I had to set up PXE booting for work, and it took me a *long* time > to figure out, too. If you've got this far, you're doing great. If you've > not checked out this link, it's well worth a look: > > http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml > > Hope that helps! Thanks for the encouragement and the link - I had seen it, but it didn't help. Looks like I shall have to re-read the documentation and do more research. > > -- > Saint Aardvark the Carpeted > aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com > Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth. > _______________________________________________