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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 19:30:28 +0100
From:      "Nathan Kinkade" <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>
To:        <postmaster>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freebsd pxeboot problem
Message-ID:  <000101c5608e$a8fd1cf0$144da8c0@rtxnetworks.local>
In-Reply-To: <BAY21-F30B528351499B3801966A8AE0C0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY21-F30B528351499B3801966A8AE0C0@phx.gbl>

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On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 04:52:18PM +0000, Sunil Sunder Raj wrote:
> Hi,
> Was trying to install freebsd 5.3 via pxeboot. The Dhcp server leases the=
=20
> Ip address, the tftp server is located fine and the pxeboot file gets=20
> downloaded at the client end. But this pxeboot is not getting the proper=
=20
> server path and gateway ip.
>=20
> It is always falling to the default /pxeroot server path (as programmed i=
n=20
> the pxe.c file) and don't know where it gets the gateway ip as 192.168.10=
2.1
>=20
> Display I get
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> pxe_open: server addr: "This is proper. The Dhcp/Tftp server ip"
> pxe_open: server path: /pxeroot ----------------------- default server=20
> path. This is not what I defined in my dhcpd.conf
> pxe_open: gateway ip: 192.168.102.1 --------------- Don't know where it g=
ot=20
> it from. This is not what I defined in my dhcpd.conf
<snip>

What is defined in your dhcpd.conf file?  I think you may need two
perameters:

option root-path "nfsserver:/diskless/root/path/"
next-server yourserver

You may not need next-server if it's the same machine as the DHCP
server.

Nathan

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