From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 13:46:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D5116A400 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=70e7a3bef73f67d41819258613cd1235ef4cdfa8=231=warner.edu=duboisa@warner.edu) Received: from mail.warner.edu (nsc64.90.11-52.newsouth.net [64.90.11.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED13513C4B2 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:46:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=70e7a3bef73f67d41819258613cd1235ef4cdfa8=231=warner.edu=duboisa@warner.edu) Received: from d021c001 ([172.16.1.25]) by mail.warner.edu (Warner Merak Mail Server 8.3.0) with ESMTP (SSL) id JOM15516; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:34:16 -0500 From: "Alex DuBois" To: "'Luc Moreault'" Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:35:29 -0500 Message-ID: <028c01c74473$822c2f10$190110ac@warnerwire.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Thread-Index: AcdBXGjDEOeYYBoJSHK9BHK+R1+08QCdizRQAAA3Y2AAAogXcAAAytswACQgIXA= Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: RE: NanoBSD Updatep* scripts X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:46:41 -0000 > >diskless from a central NFS server instead of from flash? I > don't know > >the environment that the Soekris boxes are in, but I would go with > >diskless if I could. > > > If I do that, will I be able to configure each nodes with > their own IP Addresses and config files ? For the ip address problem, hand the address out with your dhcp server that tells the diskless client where to get its boot file. The diskless client will keep that address as long as you don't have have ifconfig reconfigure it on boot up. If you need different config files, you could set that up with individualized directories on the nfs server or you could mount a partition from flash if you like. There are a lot of good tutorials on how to set up diskless. Once you figure out how it all works together it isn't too hard. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-diskle ss.html http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/ Alex