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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:19:44 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@FreeBSD.org>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 5.3-R PXE installation
Message-ID:  <20041205221827.B79805@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20041205215516.Q79805@woozle.rinet.ru>
References:  <20041205215516.Q79805@woozle.rinet.ru>

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On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:

DM> I'm trying to setup PXE istallation for new server. Up to pxeboot everything
DM> goes smoothly. pxeboot mounting NFS root successively; however, it
DM> immediately whines with
DM> 
DM> Loader version 1.1+ required
DM> Aborted!
DM> start not found
DM> 
DM> then it loads kernel (which I gunzipped from kern.gz from floppies)
DM> successfully, draws '|', reinitializes keyboard, hangs for about 10-20 secs
DM> and silently reboots. The same effect if using kernel from miniinst/fixit
DM> CD.
DM> 
DM> Any clues?

For archives/searches:

Answer is simple than anyone can think: pxeboot was from RELENG_4. Replacing it 
with RELENG_5 version fixes booting.

Sorry for the noise.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                        [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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