Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:35:44 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> To: Tim Clewlow <tim1timau@yahoo.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PXE on 7.0 problem and solution Message-ID: <20080229153544.GA94345@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <114098.31819.qm@web50308.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <114098.31819.qm@web50308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:30:26PM -0800, Tim Clewlow wrote: > Hi there, > > Installing 7.0 via PXE has a slight problem that is easily worked around. The > file /boot/mfsroot.gz on the installation media needs to be unzipped to make > PXE boot via tftp/nfs work. Otherwise the loader ultimately complains that it > cant find the device to boot from. For example, if you have the installation > media living at /usr/pxe/nfs/ on the PXE server, then do: I documented this in my "how to get FreeBSD to install via PXE and serial console" document: http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/pxeboot_serial_install.html I opened a PR at the time of this discovery as well: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/120127 -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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